Theoretical issues and social indicators: A societal process approach

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 1977 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Policy Sciences, volume 8, pages 245-267 (issn: 0032-2687, eissn: 1573-0891,

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Authors: Wm. Alex McIntosh; Gerald E. Klonglan; Leslie D. Wilcox;

doi: 10.1007/bf01719635

Theoretical issues and social indicators: A societal process approach

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Well-being involves various levels: the individual, the institutional-distributive, and the societal. These levels are interrelated. Social indicators of well-being must be theoretically based so as to take into account these levels. A societal process model is proposed to describe the levels of society and the nature of well-being at each level. Social indicator types regarding the output and distribution of well-being, the effect of policy manipulatable and nonmanipulatable inputs, and the secondary consequences of inputs are suggested and examples are provided.

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