Surviving the Transformation: Social Quality in Central Asia and the Caucuses |
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Authors: | Pamela Abbott Claire Wallace Roger Sapsford |
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Institution: | (1) School of Social Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK;(2) National University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda |
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Abstract: | This paper develops a sociologically informed understanding of what influences the lives and life-choices of people living
in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (Central Asian Republics) and Armenia and Georgia (the Caucasus), four of the successor states
of the Soviet Union that suffered significant social and economic changes following the collapse of the Union in 1991. The
focus is on the nature of these societies for their citizens; ultimately we are concerned to understand what makes a society
liveable for all, what type of society enables people to be generally satisfied with their lives. To do this we use the Social
Quality model to derive indicators from which to model what makes for a liveable or at least tolerable society. The model
is validated by reference to subjective satisfaction—how people feel about life in general—as the ultimate outcome indicator
of individual well-being. The data we use were collected as part of a broader study of living conditions, lifestyles and health
in eight of the successor states of the Soviet Union, the Confederation of Independent States (CIS). |
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