REVIEWS Burkhard Strumpel (ed.), Economic Means for Human Needs: Social tors for Well-
Being and Discontent Survey Research Center, Institute for? Social Research, University of …

The book is a product of a comprehensive research effort of the Institute of Social Research
of the University of Michigan concerned with the develop ment of what is called'survey …

The history of economic thought has seen various. attempts to determine the extent of
welfare. Each attempt, be it the mercantilist's emphasis on the maximization of population …

This annotated bibliography lists a variety of publications dealing with the general subject of
social indicators. Entries are organized into a number of separate sections dealing with such …

Public attention has therefore tended to shift away from the adequacy of private consumption
and individual prosperity towards more qualitative collective demands and the solution of …

A bibliography generally is not accompanied by some rationalization'ihis one is an
exception. The rationalization as to how it came to be. stems from the nature of the subject …

REVIEWS Mark Abrams, A Review of Work on Subjective Social Indicators: 1971-? 1975,
London, Social Science Research Council Survey Unit, 1976. While the title of Abrams's …

The recent interest in social accounting as a tool for measuring the" quality of life" has raised
a number of questions concerning the nature and function of social indicators (American …

It is likely that highly abstract social indicators for the" quality of life" or very broad aspects of
it will be presented as aids to decision makers in the near future. The nature of the data …

This volume resulted from an attempt to compile comprehensive and accurate data about
the popular reaction to social change for a seminar attended by European and American …