02491oam 2200625I 450 991079187620332120230725020924.01-136-81746-81-136-81747-61-283-04022-097866130402200-203-82974-310.4324/9780203829745 (CKB)2560000000060147(EBL)652857(OCoLC)707067658(SSID)ssj0000472479(PQKBManifestationID)12230928(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472479(PQKBWorkID)10433566(PQKB)11668639(MiAaPQ)EBC652857(Au-PeEL)EBL652857(CaPaEBR)ebr10452584(CaONFJC)MIL304022(OCoLC)709777195(EXLCZ)99256000000006014720180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPursuing quality of life from the affluent society to the consumer society /Leonard NevarezNew York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-38091-1 0-415-89013-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Conceptual origins -- Intellectual history -- Technology -- Family -- Work -- Place -- Politics -- Futures.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 EuropQuality of lifeCase studiesConsumption (Economics)Case studiesQuality of lifeConsumption (Economics)306Nevarez Leonard.479567MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791876203321Pursuing quality of life259832UNINA