The societal quality of southern European Mediterranean countries

  1. Bericat, Eduardo 1
  2. Martín-Gimeno, Rubén 2
  1. 1 Department of Sociology, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
  2. 2 Department of Sociology, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain
Revista:
RES. Revista Española de Sociología

ISSN: 2445-0367,  1578-2824

Año de publicación: 2020

Título del ejemplar: Southern European Societies

Volumen: 29

Número: 1

Páginas: 49-69

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.22325/FES/RES.2020.04 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: RES. Revista Española de Sociología

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Resumen

En base a la amplia información empírica que sobre los 28 países de la UE aportan los 72 indicadores compuestos focalizados que componen el Sistema de Índices de Calidad de las Sociedades Europeas, este artículo analiza la calidad societal de los países mediterráneos del sur de Europa, Portugal, España, Italia y Grecia, desde un perspectiva holista, multidimensional y comparada. Primero, se ofrece el posicionamiento de los países mediterráneos en los rankings europeos de calidad societal. Segundo, tras comprobar que, de acuerdo con la Tipología de las Cinco Europas, los países mediterráneos forman un cluster propio, se analizan sus características societales. Tercero, en base a los 14 dominios de calidad societal que incluye el sistema de índices, se ofrece un diagnóstico comparando la calidad de los países mediterráneos con la del resto de países europeos. Este diagnóstico estructural, tanto endógeno como exógeno, ofrece una panorámica de gran interés tanto para los investigadores sociales como para los responsables políticos.

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The SIQES is the result of a study performed by a large research team, led by Eduardo Bericat and financed by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. CSO2012-35032: “Social quality in Europe. Design and development of composite indexes for the measurement and monitoring of the quality of European societies”.

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