Social Quality Theory: A New Perspective on Social Development

Published by Berghahn Books 2015

Social Quality Theory

A New Perspective on Social Development

Edited by: Ka Lin and Peter Herrmann

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782388982

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About this book

Social quality thinking emerged from a critique of one-sided policies by breaking through the limitations previously set by purely economistic paradigms. By tracing its expansion and presenting different aspects of social quality theory, this volume provides an overview of a more nuanced approach, which assesses societal progress and introduces proposals that are relevant for policy making. Crucially, important components emerge with research by scholars from Asia, particularly China, eastern Europe, and other regions beyond western Europe, the theory’s place of origin. As this volume shows, this rich diversity of approaches and their cross-national comparisons reveal the increasingly important role of social quality theory for informing political debates on development and sustainability.

Author / Editor information

Ka Lin is Docent at the University of Tampere, Senior Researcher and Docent at the University of Turku, Professor and Director of the Social Policy Research Center at Nanjing University, Professor and Executive Director of the MSW Center of Zhejiang University, and Deputy Director of the Center for European Studies at Zhejiang University. He is also Vice President of the International Association on Social Quality and Editor of the International Journal of Social Quality.

Peter Herrmann is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland, Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of World Economy at Corvinus University of Budapest, correspondent to the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Munich, Associate Member of the Eurasian Center for Big History and System Forecasting, and Member of the Scientific Committee of Eurispes. Currently he lives and works in Rome.

Ka Lin is Docent at the University of Tampere, Senior Researcher and Docent at the University of Turku, Professor and Director of the Social Policy Research Center at Nanjing University, Professor and Executive Director of the MSW Center of Zhejiang University, and Deputy Director of the Center for European Studies at Zhejiang University. He is also Vice President of the International Association on Social Quality and Editor of the International Journal of Social Quality.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Ka Lin and Peter Herrmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 Reconceptualization of Social Quality Anne Fairweather, Borut Roncevic, Maj Rydbjerg, Marie Valentova and Mojca Zajc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
Chapter 2 Indicators of Social Quality: Outcomes of the European Scientific Network Laurent van der Maesen and Alan Walker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
CHAPTER 3 Social Quality and Welfare System Sustainability Alan Walker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
CHAPTER 4 The Prototype of Social Quality Theory and Its Applicability to Asian Societies Ka Lin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter 5 Economic Performance, Social Progress and Social Quality Peter Herrmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
Chapter 6 The Human and the Social: A Comparison of the Discourses of Human 93 Development, Human Security and Social Quality Des Gasper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Chapter 7 Social Quality in Britain: A Welfare State? Sue Hacking Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Chapter 8 Social Quality in Sweden Göran Therborn and Sonia Therborn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Chapter 9 Visions of the Sustainable Welfare Society: Extending Social Quality into an Asian/Developmental Context Yoshinori Hiroi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Chapter 10 Risks of Society Stability and Precarity of Employment: A Look at Russia Vyacheslav Bobkov, Olesya Veredyuk and Ulvi Aliyev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Chapter 11 The Rational Actor Reform Paradigm: Delivering the Goods but Destroying Public Trust? Peter Taylor-Gooby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Social Quality: An Invitation to Dance Wolfgang Beck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 160
Keywords: Sociology; Development Studies

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Published: July 1, 2015
ISBN: 9781782388982