Linking Social and Economic Indicators Through Tangible Behavior Settings
First Statement of Responsibility
by Karl A. Fox.
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Dordrecht
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Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1985
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(240 pages).
SERIES
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Theory and Decision Library, An International Series in the Philosophy and Methodology of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 44.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Behavior Settings as a Basis for Social System Accounts --;2. The Usefulness of Behavior Settings for Classifying and Describing Human Activities in a Community --;3. Behavior Settings and Objective Social Indicators --;4. The Classification of Behavior Settings in Social System Accounts --;5. The Classification of Roles in Social System Accounts --;6. The Classification of Stocks of Physical Capital and Consumer Durables in Social System Accounts --;7. The Classification and Delineation of Communities and Regions in Social System Accounts --;8. A Behavior Setting Approach to Microanalytical Simulation Models at the Community Level --;9. Some Broader Implications of Behavior Settings for the Social Sciences --;10. Social System Accounts Based on Behavior Settings: Some Next Steps --;References --;Appendix I. Behavior Settings, Ecological Psychology, and Eco-Behavioral Science: Some Annotated References to the Basic Literature --;Appendix II. Selected Publications and Unpublished Manuscripts by Karl A. Fox and Associates Making Use of Behavior Setting Concepts --;Author Index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.