Key Actors in Public Policy-making for Quality of Life: Facilitators and Obstacles

This book analyzes how quality of life research results can be transferred to policy making, and considers the role of actors in this process–-researchers, policy makers, and citizens–-as well as their interrelationships. This book points to the need to include actors other than the state in public policy-making related to quality of life and well-being issues, in defining problems and formulating alternatives. It identifies obstacles and facilitators in the process and offers a review of different types of aid that affect well-being and quality of life. Finally, it shows possible pathways for various stakeholders in policy-making to interact with one another in the building of good societies.