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The Quality of Life in Korea

Comparative and Dynamic Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Doh Chull Shin

    1. University of Missouri at Columbia, USA

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  2. Conrad P. Rutkowski

    1. Institute for Applied Phenomenology, Spring Valley, USA

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  3. Chong-Min Park

    1. Korea University, Seoul, Korea

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Part of the book series: Social Indicators Research Series (SINS, volume 14)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Quality of Life Across Life Domains

    1. Media, The Public, and Freedom of the Press

      • Hun Shik Kim
      Pages 345-364

  2. Quality of Life Across Population Groups

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 365-365
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    2. Women in the Workplace: Gender and Wage Differentials

      • Gyeongjoon Yoo
      Pages 367-385

    3. Quality of Life Among Government Employees

      • Meesook Kim, Kyung-Ho Cho
      Pages 387-409

    4. Value Consensus and Diversity Between Generations and Genders

      • Eun-Yeong Na, John Duckitt
      Pages 411-435

    5. Patterns of Family Support and the Quality of Life of the Elderly

      • Ik Ki Kim, Cheong-Seok Kim
      Pages 437-454

    6. Subjective Well-Being Among College Students

      • Kyeong-Ho Cha
      Pages 455-477

  3. The Quality of Korean Life in Comparative Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 479-479
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    2. Objective Quality of Life in Korea and the OECD Countries

      • Hyun Song Lee
      Pages 481-508

    3. Subjective Quality of Korean Life in 1981 and 2001

      • Doh Chull Shin, Conrad P. Rutkowski
      Pages 509-534

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 535-537
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About this book

This is the first volume ever published to examine the objective and subjective qualities of Korean life from both comparative and dynamic perspectives. It presents non-Western policy alternatives to enhancing the quality of citizens' lives, distinguishing Korea as an Asian model of economic prosperity and political democracy.
The book is intended for academics, policy makers and the general public interested in recent developments in Korea.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Missouri at Columbia, USA

    Doh Chull Shin

  • Institute for Applied Phenomenology, Spring Valley, USA

    Conrad P. Rutkowski

  • Korea University, Seoul, Korea

    Chong-Min Park

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Quality of Life in Korea

  • Book Subtitle: Comparative and Dynamic Perspectives

  • Editors: Doh Chull Shin, Conrad P. Rutkowski, Chong-Min Park

  • Series Title: Social Indicators Research Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0281-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0947-1Published: 30 April 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6152-2Published: 08 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0281-2Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1387-6570

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0099

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 537

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH, 62 & 63

  • Topics: Anthropology, Quality of Life Research, Sociology, general, Cross Cultural Psychology, Microeconomics, Economic Policy

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