Politics and Quality of Life: The Role of Well-Being in Political Outcomes

ISBN-13: 9783319725703 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 133 str.

Ryan M. Yonk; Josh Smith

Opis

This book explores the relationship between quality of life, policy, and political behavior. This book will be useful for students and scholars interested in political behavior, political sociology, policy, and quality of life studies, as well as policymakers interested in incorporating quality of life studies in their work.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Understanding Quality of Life.-  Chapter 2: Building a Quality of Life Index.-  Chapter 3:  Effects of Quality of Life.-  Chapter 4: Quality of Life and Trust.-  Chapter 5: Quality of Life and Political Participation.-  Chapter 6: Quality of Life and Electoral Politics.-  Chapter 7: Quality of Life and Direct Democracy.-   Chapter 8: Quality of Life and Government Spending.-  Chapter 9: Quality of Life and Local Government.-  Chapter 10: Conclusions and Implications.

O autorze

Ryan M. Yonk is Senior Research Fellow at Freedom Trust, a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, and an Instructor in the Department of Political Science at Utah State University. Formerly held academic positions at Utah State University and Southern Utah University. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Georgia State University. His recent works include The Reality of American Energy, Nature Unbound: Bureaucracy vs. the Environment, Green Vs. Green: Conflicts in Environmental Priorities as numerous journal article and policy reports focused on public policy and political economy.

 Josh T. Smith is a Master’s student in economics at Utah State University (2018). His recent works include several journal articles and numerous policy reports focused on public policy and political economy.