1. Introduction

   • Michael Hagerty
   • Joachim Vogel
   • Valerie Møller

   Introduction Pages: 1 - 11

2. Conceptualizing and Measuring Quality of Life for National Policy

   • Sten Johansson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 32

3. Why Social Policy Needs Subjective Indicators

   • Runt Veenhoven

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 46

4. Towards a European System of Social Indicators: Theoretical Framework and System Architecture

   • Heinz-Herbert Noll

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 87

5. Strategies and Traditions in Swedish Social Reporting: A 30-Year Experience

   • Joachim Vogel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 112

6. Quality of Life and Living Conditions in the Netherlands

   • Jeroen Boelhouwer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 138

7. ``Quality of Life'' Research at the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics: Social Indicators and Social Surveys

   • Charles S. Kamen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 160

8. Quality of life in a European Perspective: The EUROMODULE as a New Instrument for Comparative Welfare Research

   • Jan Delhey
   • Petra Böhnke
   • Wolfgang Zapf

   OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 175

9. The NORBALT Project: Comparative Studies of Living Conditions in the three Baltic Countries

   • Aadne Aasland
   • Guri Tyldum

   OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 189

10. Living Conditions in the Arctic

    • Thomas Andersen
    • Birger Poppel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 216

11. Cross-national Comparison of the Quality of Life in Europe: Inventory of Surveys and Methods

    • Michaeal Hudler
    • Rudolf Richter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 228

12. TELESIS: The Uses of Indicators to Set Goals and Develop Programs to Change Conditions

    • Abbott L. Ferriss

    OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 265

13. The Role of Quality of Life Surveys in Managing Change in Democratic Transitions: The South African Case

    • Valerie Møller
    • Helga Dickow

    OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 292

14. Monitoring the Impact of Land Reform on Quality of Life: A South African Case Study

    • Julian May
    • Thildé Stevens
    • Annareth Stols

    OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 312

15. Toward a Social Development Index For Hong Kong: The Process of Community Engagement

    • Richard J. Estes

    OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 348

16. International Comparisons of Trends in Economic Well-being

    • Lars Osberg
    • Andrew Sharpe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 349 - 382

17. Declining Quality of Life Costs Governments Elections: Review of 13 OECD Countries

    • Michael R. Hagerty

    OriginalPaper Pages: 383 - 402

18. Considering Social Cohesion in Quality of Life Assessments: Concept and Measurement

    • Regina Berger-Schmitt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 403 - 428

19. Do Income Surveys Overestimate Poverty in Western Europe? Evidence from a Comparison with Institutional Frameworks

    • Christina Behrendt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 429 - 440

20. Index of Authors Volume 58, 2002

    Authors Index Pages: 441 - 441