The Quality of Life and Policy Issues among the Middle East and North African Countries

el-Sayed el-Aswad

Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2019 (September 21, 2018)

https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030003258

This book addresses the challenges threatening the quality of life (QOL) and well-being of people living in the MENA region. It focuses on both internal / local and external / global drivers impacting their well-being particularly in the domains of economy, health, and education. Additionally, it presents a critical analysis to help readers understand the position that the MENA countries currently occupy in the world. Lastly, it provides policy analysts and decision makers with otherwise hard to obtain data and information related to socio-economic, cultural, demographic, technological, and political factors that have influenced the quality of life there.

The book, first of the Springer book series of Human Well-Being Research and Policy Making, is a timely work in that it addresses quality of life in the 21 nations of the Middle East and North Africa Region by focusing on multiple policy dimensions of well-being. Furthermore, this monograph seeks to delineate cross-cultural similarities and differences by extensively and comparatively focusing on six of the region’s most diverse countries six countries (Egypt, Iran, Israel, Tunisia, Turkey, and the UAE), selected specifically to highlight the diversity in QOL found in the region.  

In brief, this book:

• ·      Presents a critical review of the scope of policy issues in the MENA countries
• ·      Examines the systems of social and public policies implemented in these countries
• ·      Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of social policy with regard to improving the quality of life and well-being of people in the MENA region