Chapter 1 Two versions of the American dream: Which goals and values make for a high quality of life?

Chapter 2 Stability in components and predictors of subjective well-being (SWB): implications for SWB structure

Chapter 3 An integrative explanation for quality of life: development and test of a structural model

Chapter 4 Sense of well-being and perceived quality of life in Calcutta

Chapter 5 The relationship between income, changes in income and life-satisfaction in West Germany and the Russian Federation: relative, absolute, or a combination of both?

Chapter 6 Job satisfaction, wages and allocation of men and women

Chapter 8 Social participation and subjective well-being of long-term unemployed: why is paid work so hard to substitute for?

Chapter 9 Home-based employment and quality of life: a time-use analysis

Chapter 10 Improving mental and physical health care through Quality of Life Therapy and assessment

Chapter 11 Democratic governance: the need for equal representation of women