TY - BOOK TI - Social Measurement and Social Indicators: Issues of Policy and Theory SN - 0043100104 U1 - 300.72 PY - 1981/// CY - Boston PB - George allen & unwin N1 - 1 Introduction to the Scope of Social Indicators Social indicators-a spectrum of activity First problems with social indicators The antecedents ofmodem social indicators The social indicators movement Social indicators for policy-making 2 Definitions and Dimensions of Social Indicators Early attempts at defining social indicators Defining social indicators by their policy use Social indicators in a statistical hierarchy Is a definition ofsocial indicators worthwhile? Other terminology in social indicators Social reporting and social accounting Subjective social indicators and the quality of life Issues in quality-of-Iife studies Summary 3 Social Indicator Systems Programmatic development Development by social goal area Development by life-cycle Development from a theoretical base Conclusion 4 Social Theory and Models General aspects of social theory Theory and models Theoretically based social indicators Difficulties associated with social indicator modelling Difficulties associated with aggregation A conceptual framework for social indicator research Summary and conclusions 5 Social Indicators and the Policy-making Process Who will use them? Accusations of quantificationism Value-judgements and social indicators Social indicators and value-weighting schemes Value-weighting and distributional equity The elements of policy-making Academic research and policy analysis Overcoming political dilemmas A call for more policy-modelling Conclusion Summary 6 National Social Reporting Social reporting in the United Kingdom Social reporting in the United States Social reports in other countries The audience for social reports Major issues in social reporting Conclusion 7 Social Indicators at the Urban Level Intra-urban social indicators Indicators for inter-urban analysis Social indicators for performance measurement Summary 8 Conclusion Appendix: Notes on Further Reading References Index ER -