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This book is the most wide-ranging exploration of national progress yet undertaken, spanning social, economic and environmental perspectives. It brings together some of Australia’s leading researchers to consider indicators of national performance, what they tell us about the quality and sustainability of life in Australia, and how these measures can be improved. It also includes commentaries by senior bureaucrats, academics and community representatives. At one level, the debate is about the adequacy of Gross Domestic Product, as the dominant indicator of a nation’s performance, relative to both the past and other nations. However, the debate also reaches far beyond this question to challenge conventional thinking about progress and the relationships between economic activity, quality of life, health and well-being, and ecological sustainability.

Table of Contents:
Preface 1. Progress and its Measurement Perspectives on Progress: Economic Growth, Quality of Life and Ecological Sustainability. R Eckersley Citizenship and Progress. M Salvaris The Science and Politics of New Measures of Progress: A United States Perspectives. T Halstead Measuring Changes in Economic Welfare: The Genuine Progress Indicator for Australia. C Hamilton Measures of Economic Activity and Welfare: The Uses and Abuses of GDP. S Dowrick & J Quiggin A Framework for the Presentation of Indicators of National Progress. D Trewin 2.Well-being and Quality of Life Measuring Progress in Population Health and Well-being. C Mathers & Bob Douglas Measuring Social Capital as Part of Progress and Well-being. E Cox Who Enjoys Life and Why: Measuring Subjective Well-being. A Wearing & B Headey Incomes, Standards of Living and Quality of Life: Preliminary Findings from the Middle Australia Project. M Pusey 3.Work, Poverty and Income Progress in the Workplace. S Richardson The Role of Indicators of Income Poverty in the Measurement of National Progress. P Saunders Indicators of Income Inequality. A Harding Incorporating Non-cash Income and Expenditure in the Measurement of Inequality and Poverty. D Johnson 4.The Natural Environment The Titanic or the Ark? Indicators of National Progress Towards Environmental Sustainability. V Brown Reporting on the State of Our Environment. I Lowe Introduction to Environmental Indicators. T Fleming Environmental Indicators for Biological Diversity. D Saunders Environmental Indicators for Land Resources. A Hamblin Environmental Indicators for the Atmosphere. M Manton Environmental Indicators for Estuaries and the Seas. T Ward Environmental Indicators for Human Settlements. P Newton 5.Responses and Discussion 6.Biography Notes Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780643097179
  • Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: CSIRO Publishing
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0643097171
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 1998
  • Binding: Digital download and online
  • No of Pages: 382


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