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1963 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph L. Andreano
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
National Bureau ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
The Social ◽  
Inventive Activity ◽  
Science Research Council

Disappointments and Legacies of Social Indicators

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Eleanor Innes
Keyword(s):  
Research Council ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
Social Indicators Movement ◽  
Science Research Council

The social indicators movement has been a disappointment to its originators. By the late 1970s, at least in the US, the great hopes for social indicators to become a major influence on public policy had been tempered. The outpouring of literature using the term ‘social indicators’ dwindled. Policy scientists turned their attention to other topics or found new labels for their interests. The Social Science Research Council closed its Social Indicators Research Center in Washington, DC and stopped publishing its newsletter. And in the US no annual social report seemed likely to be institutionalized. Many observers decided the social indicators movement was a failure.

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