THE SOCİETAL ACCOUNTING MOVEMENT : A CRITICAL APPRAISAL

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1983

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MUSHKAT, Miron

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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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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/110937

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