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Diagnosing poverty in Latin America

This paper proposes a methodology to diagnose poverty in Latin America, a useful tool in the design of social policies. The method assumes that poverty is not merely the lack of basic resources - income or of goods - but rather the outcome of a...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1997: Learning From The Future

Author: Patricio Moyano Galdames

September 1, 1997

The evolution of management

One of the key aspects of the transformation of companies in the last ten years is the marked evolution of management and of its conceptions of the company. It is perhaps in the social sphere that the evolution is the most pronounced: The necessity...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1985: Broadening The Uses Of Research

Author: Jacques Paitra

June 15, 1985

The democracy of opinion polls

Observation of the behaviour, attitudes and opinions, among other things, of a population can be done to achieve many objectives. Much of such studies belong to the field of market research, and much to social research. Opinion polling is included in...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Seminar 1980: Opinion Polls

Author: Norman L. Webb

Company: Gallup International Association

June 15, 1980

The impact of social research on planning procedures

The paper argues that social research can have a revolutionary impact on planning and planning procedures - but only if the researcher himself is willing to stand out against the demands of the planner that social research inquiry should limit its...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Congress 1973: The Application Of Market And Social Research For More Efficient Planning

Author: Conrad Jamesen

June 15, 1973

Social research for planning purposes in a large urban authority

This paper examines each of these themes in their implications for local government social research and relates them to studies carried out by the Greater London Council. Within the context of the powers granted to it by the London Government Act,...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Congress 1973: The Application Of Market And Social Research For More Efficient Planning

Authors: Norman Perry, Jennifer Owen

June 15, 1973

The practical value of a survey on sexual behaviour and attitudes towards sex in The Netherlands

The particular survey into sexuality in Holland was co-ordinated by the market and opinion research department of the publishing house concerned. An advisory committee was formed consisting of the Attwoods Netherlands team charged with the conduct of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1970: Attitude And Motivation Research

Author: Jan D. Noordhoff

February 1, 1970

An essay in the social representations and feelings of the Paris area youth in connection with the "May revolution"

This research, worked out by a group of social psychologists and graduating students in sociology, was intended to analyse the "Movement of May” as experienced and lived by the youth from the Paris area. It is grounded on 25 interviews, carried...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Congress 1969

Authors: Raymond Fichelet, Monique Fichelet, Nicole May, Francoise Picq, Alain Duclent, Maurice Jourdan-Laforte

June 15, 1969