Type of research: basic Duration from: 01/01/91. to 12/31/95. Papers on project (total): 22
Papers on project quoted in Current Contents: 10
Institution name: Fakultet političkih znanosti, Zagreb (15) Department/Institute: Faculty of political science, Zagreb Address: Lepušićeva 6 City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia
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Summary: The project "Human Security and Quality of Life" is a
multi-aspect and interdisciplinary research project. Special attention is
given to investigation of security / insecurity aspects of intrasubjective
experience of general, political, social, psychological, economic and
military security. The security / insecurity of people as a result of
the influences of public information, and "quality of life" factors such as
economic, political, legal, educational, and defense systems, is also
researched. All relationships also consider an objective position of
security / insecurity of the people exposed to factors affecting their
security. Cyclic repetition of this research (every 5 years, for example)
and comparitive analysis of the results will show changes in the degree of
security / insecurity and the quality of life experienced by citizens of
Croatia.
Keywords: Safety, security, quality of life
Research goals: 1. ...to investigate subjective and objective
determinants of security of the individual and their effect upon the
quality of life for citizens of Croatia. 2. ...to determine relevant
factors for peoples’ security, and the influence of these factors upon the
quality of life in Croatia. 3. ...to scientifically develop certain
questions and reach scientific descriptions with an emphasis upon cause
analysis through synthetic study. 4. ...to expand the classification
and typology of security / insecurity and use this information in education
about security and the quality of life. 5. The results of
the research should induce practical improvements in quality of life and
security of citizens of Croatia. Other information about the project.