Social Measurement and Social Indicators/ (Record no. 177670)
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| fixed length control field | 00413nam a2200145Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0043100104 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 300.72 |
| Item number | CAR/S |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Social Measurement and Social Indicators/ |
| Sub title | Issues of Policy and Theory |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Carley,Michael |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Boston: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | George allen & unwin, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1981. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 195p.p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1 Introduction to the Scope of Social Indicators<br/>Social indicators-a spectrum of activity<br/>First problems with social indicators<br/>The antecedents ofmodem social indicators<br/>The social indicators movement<br/>Social indicators for policy-making<br/>2 Definitions and Dimensions of Social Indicators<br/>Early attempts at defining social indicators<br/>Defining social indicators by their policy use<br/>Social indicators in a statistical hierarchy<br/>Is a definition ofsocial indicators worthwhile?<br/>Other terminology in social indicators<br/>Social reporting and social accounting<br/>Subjective social indicators and the quality of life<br/>Issues in quality-of-Iife studies<br/>Summary<br/>3 Social Indicator Systems<br/>Programmatic development<br/>Development by social goal area<br/>Development by life-cycle<br/>Development from a theoretical base<br/>Conclusion<br/>4 Social Theory and Models<br/>General aspects of social theory<br/>Theory and models<br/>Theoretically based social indicators<br/>Difficulties associated with social indicator modelling<br/>Difficulties associated with aggregation<br/>A conceptual framework for social indicator research<br/>Summary and conclusions<br/>5 Social Indicators and the Policy-making Process<br/>Who will use them?<br/>Accusations of quantificationism<br/>Value-judgements and social indicators<br/>Social indicators and value-weighting schemes<br/>Value-weighting and distributional equity<br/>The elements of policy-making<br/>Academic research and policy analysis<br/>Overcoming political dilemmas<br/>A call for more policy-modelling<br/>Conclusion<br/>Summary<br/>6 National Social Reporting<br/>Social reporting in the United Kingdom<br/>Social reporting in the United States<br/>Social reports in other countries<br/>The audience for social reports<br/>Major issues in social reporting<br/>Conclusion<br/>7 Social Indicators at the Urban Level<br/>Intra-urban social indicators<br/>Indicators for inter-urban analysis<br/>Social indicators for performance measurement<br/>Summary<br/>8 Conclusion<br/>Appendix: Notes on Further Reading<br/>References<br/>Index |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 300.72 CAR/S | P32680 | 19/09/2019 | 19/09/2019 | General Books |