书目名称 | History and Politics of Well-Being in Europe |
编辑 | Wolfgang Glatzer |
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概述 | Provides a comprehensive overview of the history of European well-being from pre-modern times to its modern state of well-being.Discusses positive and negative components of well-being throughout diff |
丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research |
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描述 | .This book presents a reconstruction of the history of well-being on the European continent with special attention to the European Union, as people from Europe have a history of a long-term march towards well-being. It discusses ancient civilizations on the European continent, which have contributed significantly to the features of well-being in contemporary Europe. Following Europe`s success over the past millennium, which brought the continent a unique rise to better well-being it also imposed new challenges for sustaining well-being and alleviating misery. It is shown that Europeans attained a high level of well-being in global comparison, yet their attitudes remained at the same time ambivalent and precarious. Significant parts of the population claim a low well-being and suffer from the difficulties of life. Even though a top ranked area of socio-economic development in the world, this book shows that poverty, inequality and hardship remain stable structural problems whichhave to be overcome in order to avoid significant restrictions for a broad quality of life. But despite all their burdens and hardships, Europeans are among the most prosperous and privileged people in the w |
出版日期 | Book 2019 |
关键词 | Well-Being and Politics in Europe; Europe and Well-Being; History of European Well-Being; European Unio |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05048-1 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-05047-4 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-05048-1Series ISSN 2211-7644 Series E-ISSN 2211-7652 |
issn_series | 2211-7644 |
copyright | The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 |