Introduction: Context and Connections.- Chapter 1. Quality of Life: Two Variable Theory.- Chapter 2. Satisfaction and Happiness.- Chapter 3. Multiple Discrepancies Theory (MTD).- Chapter 4. A Feminist View of Women and Development.- Chapter 5. Highlights of Four Volume Global Report on Student Well-Being.- Chapter 6. Comments on Papers for the Special Issue on Global Report on Student Well-Being.- Chapter 7. Aspects of the Quality of Life in Prince George.- Chapter 8. Quality of Life in Jasper, Alberta.- Chapter 9. British Columbia's Expectations and Attitudes Going into the Third Millennium.- Chapter 10. Identifying the Horse. the Cart and their Proper Order in Sustainable Development.- Chapter 11. Connecting Communities with Community Indicators.- Chapter 12. Stability and Sensitivity in Perceived Quality of Life Measures: Some Panels Results.- Chapter 13. Arts and the Perceived Quality of Life in British Columbia.- Chapter 14. What Did Stiglitz, Sen and Fitoussi Get Right and What Did They Get Wrong?.- Chapter 15. Progress in Measuring Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours, Concerning Sustainable Development Among Tenth Grade students in Manitoba.- Chapter 16. The Little Red Hen Forty Years Later.- Chapter 17. Well-Being Index; Bruno Zumbo and Alex Michalos.
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Prof. Alex Michalos currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Brandon University. He is also the Director of Research for the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and Emeritus Professor in Political Science at his former institution, the University of Northern British Columbia. Michalos has published 24 books, over 100 refereed articles, and founded or co-founded seven scholarly journals. Among the seven, he is Editor in Chief for the Journal of Business Ethics, the most frequently cited journal in the world devoted to business ethics, and Social Indicators Research, the first scholarly journal devoted to quality of life research. He is married to Dr. Deborah Poff, President and Vice-Chancellor of Brandon University.
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