THE SOCİETAL ACCOUNTING MOVEMENT : A CRITICAL APPRAISAL

1983
MUSHKAT, Miron
The societal accounting movement aims at developing a comprehensive system of societal accounts, both at the micro -—and macro— level, that would be geared to the maximisation of social as well as eco- nomic welfare. This laudable objective notwithstan- ding, members of the movement can be said to have committed errors of omission and commission which fail into three categories: economic, informational and political. The weaknesses inharent in their work are discussed here in some detail and a plea is entered that the movement reorients itself towards greater decision relevance, seeks a better fit between social theory and social measurement and comes to terms with its political ıındertones.
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M. MUSHKAT, “THE SOCİETAL ACCOUNTING MOVEMENT : A CRITICAL APPRAISAL,” ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 199–216, 1983, Accessed: 00, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/110937.