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1、IndicatorsofSocialQuality:OutcomesoftheEuropeanScientificNetworkLaurentJ.G.vanderMaesenandAlanC.WalkerSocialQualityandQualityofLifeInOctober2001,theNetworkIndicatorsofSocialQualitystartedtheprocessofcreatingsocialqualityindicators.ThisprojectoftheEuropeanFoundationonSo
2、cialQualitywassupportedbytheEuropeanCommission(DGResearch)underFrameworkProgramme5(vanderMaesenetal.2000).TheNetworkconsistedofrepresentativesofuniver-sitiesfrom14partnercountriesandtwoEuropeanNGOs.Overitsforty-two-monthlifetheNetworkheldfourmeetings.Threeplenarymeetin
3、gswereorganisedwithallassistantsthankstothefinancialsupportbytheDutchScientificFoundation(NWO).Alsothroughthecreationofuniquenationalreferencegroupsonsocialquality,theNetworkhasengagedmorethanahundredscientistsandpolicymakersinitswork.TheprojectwascompletedinApril2005.
4、Theintriguingquestionwashowtotheo-reticallylegitimisethechoiceofsocialqualityindicatorscomparedtotheindicatorsconstructedinthecontextof‘qualityoflife’approaches,asdevelopedforexamplebyZUMAoftheUniversityofMannheim(Noll2000;Berger-Schmitetal.2000)andtheEuropeanFoundatio
5、nontheImprovementofWorkingandLivingConditionsinDublin(Faheyetal.2002).Contributorstothesocialqualityapproachargue,thatwhilerespectfordifferencesandtheopennessofthefuturecanbeseenasthemainthemesoftheintellectualdebateamongthesocialtheoristsandphilosophers,themainstreamo
6、fthebehaviouralscienceshasturneditsempiricalinteresttoindividualperspectiveson‘qualityoflife’.Thiscanbeseenasawaytoaddressthequestionwhat‘the’qualityoflifemightbefromascientificperspective,tryingtoavoidpoliticalandnormativeissues.Thisresearchhasbeenconductedworldwidean
7、dproducednumerousdescriptionsof‘qualityoflife’.Ascanbegatheredfromthemanyofthousandoftitlesofpublications(cf.thewebsiteoftheAustralianCentreonQualityofLife,ofDeakinUniversity).Impressiveinquantitativeoutputastheresearchparadigmappearstobe,itshows,overwhelminglythemanyd
8、ifferent8EUROPEANJOURNALOFSOCIALQUALITYVOLUME5ISSUE1/2IndicatorsofSocialQualityindividualresponsestomanydifferentques
