The Challenges of Participatory Construction of Social Indicators of Well-Being

Anne Roy (), Claudine Offredi () and Fiona Ottaviani

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2015, vol. 120, issue 3, 689-700

Abstract: This paper is dedicated to methodological issues related to the construction of social indicators of well-being for sustainable territories. These new indicators could be used to improve the understanding of economic realities and also to assist public decision-making in order to redesign public policies. On the basis of an empirical study and in order to evaluate the diversity of life experiences and people’s well-being perceptions, three methods will be combined. The first method that will be used is a quantitative questionnaire survey, qualitative interviews will be used as a second method and the last method will be a participatory approach. The aim is to mix different forms of knowledge in order to create a new insight on this subject that could be useful for public policies. By exploring the limits of quantification and considering an alternative action theory, this paper seeks to develop a methodological and theoretical framework background needed for such a study. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

Keywords: Quantification; Well-being; Social capital; Common good; Participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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