Veenhoven, R. (1999). Quality-of-life in individualistic society. Social indicators research, 48(2), 159-188.

  In the process of modernization, western societies became more individualistic. Ever since there have been claims that this development will create an unlivable society. Humans would need a Gemeinschaft and would wither in Gesellschaft. This classic idea lives in present day ‘communitarism’ and inspires pleas for the strengthening of moral bonds and preserving the …