From the Referential Pattern of Universal Values (RPUV) to a new Index of Human Development (HDI)

Francisco Parra-Luna ()
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Francisco Parra-Luna: Complutense University of Madrid

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2024, vol. 171, issue 3, No 3, 827-846

Abstract: Abstract This work pursues two theoretical objectives: first, the instrumental one: to report on a "Referential Pattern of Universal Values (RPUV)" that allows simple mathematical formulations on certain basic concepts in Sociology; and second, the finalist: to propose, in the light of these formulations, a new "Human Development Index (HDI)" that can replace that of the United Nations and other organizations. This second objective will be based on three precise criticisms: first, because the known indices are limited to the sum of a few indicators, but they do not contemplate the totality of "needs and values" required in the RPUV; second, because the said sum does not reflect the internal imbalance between the indicators; and third, because it could be a quotient by incorporating the “export of arms” as a highly undesirable fact for humanity in the denominator. It will be easy therefore to see the fundamental role that the RPUV fulfills.

Keywords: Referential pattern of universal values (RPUV); Needs; Systemic social development; Progress; Human development index (HDI) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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