Takashi Inoguchi & Seiji Fujii 
The Quality of Life in Asia [PDF ebook] 
A Comparison of Quality of Life in Asia

Table of content- 1. Introduction.- 2. Quality of Life in Twenty-nine Societies in Asia.- 3. Comparison of Quality of Life between Societies.- 4. Key Characteristics of Quality of Life in Asia and its Sub-regions: East, Southeast, South, and Central Asia.- 5. Conclusion.

Takashi INOGUCHI is Professor of Political Science at Faculty of Law, Chuo University and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo. Dr. Inoguchi is the editor of the Japanese Journal of Political Science published by Cambridge University Press. He is director of the Asia Barometer project. He served as the Senior Vice-Rector of the United Nations University at the rank of Assistant-Secretary-General and President of Japan Association of International Relations. His published works include: The Quality of Life in Confucian Asia (forthcoming) (co-edited with Doh Chull Shin); Citizens and the State: Attitudes in Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia (2007) (coauthored with Jean Blondel); and Political Cultures in Asia and Europe (2006) (coauthored with Jean Blondel). Dr. Inoguchi graduated from the University of Tokyo with B.A. and M.A. in international relations in 1966 and 1968 respectively and received Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974.