Quality of life in communities of Latin countries / Graciela Tonon, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tonon de Toscano, Graciela, editor.

George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Series:

Community quality-of-life and well-being

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quality of life--Latin America.

Quality of life.

Communities--Latin America.

Communities.

Ethnology--Latin America.

Ethnology.

Latin America.

Latin America--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xvi, 286 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]

Summary:

This book presents a reconfiguration of the concepts of community in Latin countries as well as the community quality of life and well-being of different groups: children, young people, older adults, migrants. The traditional concept of community has changed together with the way people participate in community spaces. Community nowadays is more than a geographic concentration; it is related to social support, inter-subjectivity, participation, consensus, common beliefs, joint effort aiming at a major objective, and intense and extensive relationships. This volume presents unique experiences about culture, social development, health, water, armed conflicts, the digital media, and sports within communities, written by authors from Latin countries. this volume is a valuable resource for researchers, students and policy makers in quality of life studies.

Contents:

Part I. Communities' quality of life: theory and practice

Rethinking community quality of life in Latin American countries / Graciela Tonon

Exploring the concept and practices of Felicitas Publica at Lisbon University: a community-based relational approach to well-being / Helena Àgueda Marujo and Luis Miguel Neto

Sports and community well-being / Denise Benatuil and Walter Toscano

Quality of life and commuting. A study in rururban communities of general Pueyrredon District, Argentina / Claudia A. Mikkelsen and Sofia E. Ares

Crime and failure of community life in Mexico / Mariano Rojas

The community program for neighborhood improvement in Mexico City / Karla Valverda Viesca and Enrique Gutiérrez Márquez

Community water management and quality of life: the independent water governance committees in Toluca, Mexico / Cecilia Cadna-Inostroza and María Esther Morales-Fajardo

Part II. Community quality of life of different groups in Latin countries: indigenous people, displaced people, migrants, children, young people and older adults

Quality of life of the Guaraní community / Lía Rodríguez de la Vega and Héctor Rodríguez

Quality of life and health in displaced communities affected by the armed conflict in Colombia / Jorge Palacio, Isidro Maya-Jariego, Amalio Blanco, José Amar and Colette Sabatier

Sense of community mediates the relationship between social and community variables on adolescent life satisfaction / Jaime Alfaro, Javier Guzmán, David Sirlopú, Denise Oyarzún, Fernando Reyes, Mariavictoria Benavente, Jorge Varela and José María Fernández de Rota

Children and young people's perceptions of risk and quality of life conditions in their communities: participatory mapping cases in Portugal / Javier Martinez, Michael McCall and Isabel Preto

Family and social networks and quality of life among community-dwelling older-adults in Spain / Vicente Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Fermina Rojo-Perez and Gloria Fernandez-Mayoralas

Digial media, identity and quality of life of a local Ecuadorian community in Andalusia (SE Spain) / Cristiano Codagnone, Pilar Cruz and Isidro Maya-Jariego

Quality of life of community-dwelling older adults in Spain / Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez, Gloria Fernández-Mayoralas, Fermina Rojo-Pérez, Pablo Martínez-Martín and Maria João Forjaz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9783319531823

3319531824

OCLC:

967973510