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Social System Accounts

Linking Social and Economic Indicators through Tangible Behavior Settings

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  • © 1985

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  1. Karl A. Fox

    1. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

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Part of the book series: Theory and Decision Library (TDLU, volume 44)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Behavior Settings as a Basis for Social System Accounts

    • Karl A. Fox
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Usefulness of Behavior Settings for Classifying and Describing Human Activities in a Community

    • Karl A. Fox
    Pages 11-33

  4. Behavior Settings and Objective Social Indicators

    • Karl A. Fox
    Pages 34-47

  5. The Classification of Behavior Settings in Social System Accounts

    • Karl A. Fox
    Pages 48-71

  6. The Classification of Roles in Social System Accounts

    • Karl A. Fox
    Pages 72-89

  7. The Classification of Stocks of Physical Capital and Consumer Durables in Social System Accounts

    • Karl A. Fox
    Pages 90-108

  8. The Classification and Delineation of Communities and Regions in Social System Accounts

    • Karl A. Fox
    Pages 109-131

  9. A Behavior Setting Approach to Microanalytical Simulation Models at the Community Level

    • Karl A. Fox
    Pages 132-149

  10. Some Broader Implications of Behavior Settings for the Social Sciences

    • Karl A. Fox
    Pages 150-164

  11. Social System Accounts Based on Behavior Settings: Some Next Steps

    • Karl A. Fox
    Pages 165-173

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 174-221
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

    Karl A. Fox

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social System Accounts

  • Book Subtitle: Linking Social and Economic Indicators through Tangible Behavior Settings

  • Authors: Karl A. Fox

  • Series Title: Theory and Decision Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5382-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2020-7Published: 30 June 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8875-6Published: 19 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5382-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 224

  • Topics: Methodology of the Social Sciences

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