Isbn: 9789027720207 - social system accounts: linking social and economic indicators through tangible behavior settings (theory and decision library, band 44) (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Gut. 221 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Stempel. GUTER Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. GOOD condition, some traces of use. 9027720207 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Tables, figures. ISBN: 9027720207 Pages: 236 Signed presentation from the author: 'November 14, 1985/ To Richard Stone, with admiration, and gratitude for your personal example and all that you have taught me- Karl Fox.' From the library of distinguished Cambridge economist Sir Richard Stone (1913- 1991) In 1984 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for developing an accounting model that could be used to track economic activities on a national and, later, an international scale. VG+/VG+. Signedes.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book results from a research program on which I have spent most of my time since 1974. It addresses two of the major problems facing social system account ing: how to measure and account for nonmarket activities and how to combine social and economic indicators. The solution I propose is accounts based on behavior settings, a concept originated by Roger G. Barker more than thirty years ago. Behavior settings are the natural units of social activity into which people sort themselves to get on with the busi ness of daily life--grocery stores, school classes, reI i gious services, meetings, athletic events, and so on. The descriptive power of behavior settings has been established in surveys of complete communities in the United States and England, of high schools ranging in size from fewer than 100 to more than 2000 students, of rehabilitation centers in hospitals, and of several other types of organizations. Behavior settings are empirical facts of everyday life. A description of a community or an organization in terms of behavior settings corresponds to common experi ence. In many cases, small establishments are behavior settings; the paid roles in behavior settingsare occupa tions; and the buildings and equipment of establishments are the buildings and equipment of behavior settings.…