Project

The connection between government presence and local social quality. An investigation in the neigbourhouds of four Flemish cities

Code
01D03307
Duration
01 October 2007 → 01 October 2009
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Other economics and business
    • Applied sociology
    • Policy and administration
    • Social psychology
    • Social stratification
    • Social theory and sociological methods
    • Social work
    • Sociology of life course, family and health
    • Other sociology and anthropology
    • Citizenship, immigration and political inequality
    • International and comparative politics
    • Multilevel governance
    • National politics
    • Political behaviour
    • Political organisations and institutions
    • Political theory and methodology
    • Public administration
    • Other political science
Keywords
social cohesion social quality government presence
 
Project description

The central question this research this research project wants to answer concerns the relationship between the fysical presence of goverment in people's living invironement and the quality of social life. During the project a measuring instrument for goverment presence will be developed. The quality of social life will be measured using objective and subjective data.