XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 15-21, 2018)

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Long Term Trends in Quality of Life

RC55 Social Indicators (host committee)

Language: English

Sometimes it seems as if we are going from crisis to crisis - whether that be economic crises or political crises. We might study how these crises affect quality of life and how the developments differ between countries or within countries between social groups.
But what about the trends over a longer period of time? Is quality of life nowadays better or worse than it was 10, 20 or 30 years ago? In this session contributions are welcomed that look at the results of research (what got better and what got worse; for which groups or which countries?), but also contributions that look at methodological issues (how to measure longitudinally progress in quality in life?). We are also interested in contributions that relate the development of quality of life to the mood of people and the rise of more populist parties/politicians.