Abstract

ACTIS DI PASQUALE, Eugenio. The constitutive dimensions of social well‐being: a conceptual proposal. Trab. soc. [online]. 2017, n.29, pp.493-515. ISSN 1514-6871.

Most of the studies on social well-being are done from a technical and analytical perspective, since its analysis involved in a number of dimensions or fields of social concern -health, education, housing, income, etc.-, without prior preparation of the theoretical concepts involved. While the development of a construct based on the characteristics or properties of social units is not easy, it is essential from a methodological and conceptual perspective. In this paper we aim to meet that need taking as a starting point a concept of social well-being that includes the reciprocal relationship between the individual and society and therefore understands people as active subjects. From the five dimensions that comprise -enjoy a good health, enjoy public safety, achieve an appropriate educational level, have a decent work and live in a suitable home-, we conducted a brief discussion on the scope of each and then arrive the corresponding definitions. The most important aspects of this conceptualization are in the last two components, incorporating decent work as achieving social well-being and home not only as a unit of social reproduction, but also of gender roles and mandates.

Keywords : Social well-being; Decent work; Home; Gender.

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