“Sage” as a well-being indicator : solidarity, agency, gains and environment in CEE countries

Kohut, Dominik (author), Šváb, Patrik (author)

The article considers the adequacy of GDP and its derivatives as well-being indicators, using the “SAGE” methodology that integrates “solidarity”, “agency” and “environment” into the economic metric. Applying this framework to Central and Eastern European countries, the research highlights significant variations in well-being indicators, pointing to the decoupling of economic well-being from social cohesion in certain countries in this region. While the Czech Republic experienced a reduction in solidarity, Slovenia consistently maintained high levels of solidarity and agency. The analysis suggests that incorporating broader dimensions into traditional metrics provides a more comprehensive view of the well-being of society.

• Language: English
• Keywords: well-being, indicators, solidarity, agency, CEE
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 02.10.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 601-622
• Numbering: Letn. 61, št. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-164646
• UDC: 316.4
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• DOI: 10.51936/tip.61.3.601
• COBISS.SI-ID: 210312963
• Publication date in RUL: 06.11.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za sociologijo, politične vede in novinarstvo, Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Metodologija “sage” – solidarnost, opolnomočenje, pridobitnost in okolje v državah srednje in vzhodne Evrope

Abstract

k. V članku prevprašujeva primernost BDP in njegovih izpeljank kot kazalnikov dobrobiti, pri čemer uporabiva metodologijo “SAGE”, ki v ekonomska merila vključi tudi “solidarnost”, “svoboda odločanja” in “okolje”. Ta okvir aplicirava na države Srednje in Vzhodne Evrope in izpostaviva precejšnje razlike v kazalnikih blaginje, ki kažejo na razhajanje ekonomske blaginje in socialne povezanosti v določenih državah v tej regiji. Medtem ko se v Češki republiki solidarnost zmanjšuje, Slovenija dosledno ohranja visoko raven solidarnosti in svobode odločanja. Analiza kaže, da vključitev širših razsežnosti v tradicionalna merska orodja zagotavlja bolj celovit pogled na dobrobit posamezne družbe.

• Keywords: blaginja, kazalniki, solidarnost, svoboda odločanja, CEE