Social Indicators Movement and Human Agency: Comment on Land and Michalos

Social Indicators Movement and Human Agency: Comment on Land and Michalos

This paper offers a critical comment on Land and Michalos (Soc Indic Res, 2017) and suggests a relay perspective to see the past achievements and future directions in the social indicators movement. In accordance with Land and Michalos, it suggests bringing the issue of human agency to the foregroun...

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Veröffentlicht in:Social indicators research 2018-02, Vol.135 (3), p.991-999
1. Verfasser: Tsai, Ming-Chang
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Human agency
Human Geography
Land
Microeconomics
Mothers
Public Health
Quality of Life Research
Social indicators
Social research
Social Sciences
Sociology
Well being
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Zusammenfassung:This paper offers a critical comment on Land and Michalos (Soc Indic Res, 2017) and suggests a relay perspective to see the past achievements and future directions in the social indicators movement. In accordance with Land and Michalos, it suggests bringing the issue of human agency to the foreground, and offers an example using an index of the mother’s wellbeing for global comparison.
ISSN:0303-8300
1573-0921
DOI:10.1007/s11205-017-1553-0