Aug 03 2006
Puerto Rico: 522 Biblio Continued
The wellbeing of nations : a country-by-country index of quality of life and the environment / Robert Prescott-Allen
Natural Sciences Stacks GE140 .P74 2001
A value based index for measuring national quality of life
ED Diener
Abstract A new index of the quality of life (QOL) of nations was created. The measured variables are selected based on a universal set of human values derived from the work of Schwartz (1994). The Basic QOL Index, designed primarily to discriminate between developing countries, includes seven variables: purchasing power, homicide rate, fulfillment of basic physical needs, suicide rate, literacy rate, gross human rights violations, and deforestation. The Advanced QOL Index, designed primarily to assess QOL in highly industrialized nations, includes seven variables: physicians per capita, savings rate, per capita income, subjective well-being, percent attending college, income equality, and environmental treaties signed. Combining the two indices produced a reliable measure of QOL that systematically covers diverse human values. The nations scoring highest on the Combined QOL Index were Canada, Switzerland, Netherlands, U.S.A., and Norway, and those scoring lowest were Ethiopia and Rwanda.
Political stability indexes:
The economics of political violence : the effect of political instability on economic growth (ISBN: 0275932567, UW: JC328.6 .G87 1990)
Political Handbook Of The World (Political Handbook of the World) (UW: JF37 .P63 Suz/Ready Ref, ISBN: 1568029527 )
Civil liberty index: Freedom in the World (ISBN: 0742550516 , UW#: JC571 .F66)
The reasons for autonomy, independence, secession and/or sovereignty
Quebeque: Although Quebec sovereignty is primarily a political question, cultural concerns are also at the root of the desire for independence. The central cultural argument of the sovereigntists is that only sovereignty can adequately ensure the survival of the French language in North America, allowing Quebecers to establish their nationality, preserve their cultural identity, and keep their collective memory alive (see Language demographics of Quebec).
What Price Independence? Sovereignty and Interdependence in British Politics: Not sure if matters
Sovereignty lose control in Globalization?
Nationalism/Decolonization Reading List
Transported nationalism/Portable ideology: Nationalism and Cultural Practice in the Postcolonial World
Wittgenstein Private Language: Summary. Own book.
Political Stability (Kaufmann et al.)
Higher or positive values indicate greater political stability.
Jamaica -0.09 2002 / Puerto Rico 0.64 2002
United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories Also in Wiki
Political Stability (Kaufmann et al.)
The Composite Plasticity of Rastafarianism - James Patrick Holding
Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers (Hardcover) by Ennis Barrington Edmonds