Conference proceeding
An American Social Report: The Case Pro and Con
Pennsylvania Sociological Society
01 Jan 1977
Abstract
The social intelligence needs of a postindustrial nation may include the annual review of domestic affairs by the central government, & the specification of the government's social policy goals & tactics for the year ahead. Vice-President Mondale has urged the initiation of such a development since 1968. Opponents argue that a White House-prepared Social Report will not be scientific, frank, or useful in a nonpartisan way. Proponents laud the post-1970 Social Reports produced regularly now by 12 or more nations (UK, Japan, Canada, Holland, Sweden, etc). They also cite the annual Economic Report, produced since 1946 by the White House Council of Economic Advisers, as a model that a Mondale-proposed White House Council on Social Analyses could usefully initiate. Research is urged on the role of Social Reports in other advanced industrial nations, the real significance of the Annual Economic Report, the possible impact on the social sciences of the creation of a Council on Social Analysis, & the validity of the rumored intention of the Carter Administration to inaugurate an annual Social Report series.
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- Title
- An American Social Report: The Case Pro and Con
- Creators
- Arthur Shostak
- Publication Details
- Pennsylvania Sociological Society
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sociology; Culture and Communication [Historical]
- Identifiers
- 991020705436704721