The Social Health of the Nation: How America Is Really Doing

ISBN-13: 9780195133493 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 272 str.

Marc L. Miringoff; Marque-Luisa Miringoff

Opis

Rejecting the notion that economic indicators are the only valid measu res of progress in the United States, the authors offer a fuller and d eeper view of the quality of life in the United States, presenting rel iable information on such factors as the well being of America's youth, accessibility of health care, the quality of education, and the adeq uacy of housing. The book will include initial publication of this yea r's Index of Social Health, developed;by the authors, which has been a nationally covered media event for the past twelve years. Drawing on a grant from the Ford Foundation, the authors convened a twenty-five member team, taken from the media, universities, and government, inclu ding economists, sociologists, psychologists, and physicians.