Towards Information-Based Welfare Society

• Autorzy: Walenty Ostasiewicz

Warianty tytułu

W kierunku informacyjnego społeczeństwa dobrobytu

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The primary goal of this paper is to highlight the main features of a new approach to governance on the basis of the transformation of welfare states into welfare societies. For doing that, there are shortly explained such notions as welfare, well-being welfare state, welfare economics and welfare society. Freely circulated and easily accessible information about the performance of all public institutions is a prerequisite of a welfare society. The paper addresses also some questions of indicators and social reporting related to measurement of well-being. (original abstract)

Głównym celem artykułu jest omówienie podstawowych charakterystyk nowego podejścia do rządzenia państwem polegającego na transformacji dotychczas istniejącego państwa dobrobytu w społeczeństwo dobrobytu. W celu wykazania istoty takiej ewolucji niezbędne okazało się krótkie omówienie podstawowych pojęć dotyczących dobrobytu, takich jak: dobrobyt, dobrostan, państwo dobrobytu, dobrobyt ekonomiczny, ekonomika dobrobytu, społeczeństwo dobrobytu. W artykule, tytułem ilustracji problematyki pomiaru dobrobytu, przedstawione jest krótkie wprowadzenie w metodologię konstrukcji wskaźników społecznych wraz z wybranymi przykładami. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Information society; Social welfare; Welfare economics; Social indicators; Well-being

PL

Społeczeństwo informacyjne; Dobrobyt społeczny; Ekonomia dobrobytu; Wskaźniki społeczne; Dobrostan

• Czasopismo: Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Rocznik: 2009
• Numer: nr 66 Towards Information-Based Welfare Society
• Strony: 9--20

Twórcy

autor

Walenty Ostasiewicz

• Wrocław University of Economics, Poland

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