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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791876203321

Autore

Nevarez Leonard

Titolo

Pursuing quality of life : from the affluent society to the consumer society / / Leonard Nevarez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-81746-8

1-136-81747-6

1-283-04022-0

9786613040220

0-203-82974-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Quality of life

Consumption (Economics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Conceptual origins -- Intellectual history -- Technology -- Family -- Work -- Place -- Politics -- Futures.

Sommario/riassunto

From anxieties over work-life balance and entangling technologies, to celebrations of cool jobs and great places to live, quality of life frames the ways we enhance our lives and legitimate social change today. But how does the idea of quality of life envision the greater good, and what gets lost as a result? This book provides the critical framework for understanding the idea's contexts and tensions that are conspicuously missing in popular discussions, professional activities, and scholarly research on quality of life. With multiple case studies taken across North America and Europ