LEADER 02495oam 2200625I 450 001 9910458978303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-81747-6 010 $a1-283-04022-0 010 $a9786613040220 010 $a0-203-82974-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203829745 035 $a(CKB)2560000000060147 035 $a(EBL)652857 035 $a(OCoLC)707067658 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000472479 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12230928 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472479 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10433566 035 $a(PQKB)11668639 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC652857 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL652857 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10452584 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL304022 035 $a(OCoLC)709777195 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000060147 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPursuing quality of life $efrom the affluent society to the consumer society /$fLeonard Nevarez 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-38091-1 311 $a0-415-89013-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aConceptual origins -- Intellectual history -- Technology -- Family -- Work -- Place -- Politics -- Futures. 330 $aFrom 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 606 $aQuality of life$vCase studies 606 $aConsumption (Economics)$vCase studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aQuality of life 615 0$aConsumption (Economics) 676 $a306 700 $aNevarez$b Leonard.$0479567 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458978303321 996 $aPursuing quality of life$9259832 997 $aUNINA