Social Sphere from Social and Economic Perspective

DOI

10.2991/iscfec-19.2019.72How to use a DOI?

Keywords

social sphere, merit goods, externalities.

Abstract

The paper analyzes the main theoretical approaches to the study of economy social sphere. It is emphasized that there are two main approaches to its consideration. In the framework of the first approach economy social sphere is explored more as an aggregate of cultural, historical, etc. elements, so it can serve an essential part of economic and political development. The second approach considers it as a set of industries aimed at meeting some socially significant needs of people. In both cases the flaw is absence of some single classification feature, according to which certain element or concrete type of activities could be attributed to the social sphere. However, the social sphere services generate significant positive externalities. In this regard, economy social sphere can be regarded in the context of merit goods concept de-veloped by Richard Musgrave. These types of goods are also called socially significant as they are characterized by significant positive externalities, that makes them mandatory for all society members consumption. The paper develops approach that allows considering the social sphere as a sector of socially significant benefits production, which to varying degrees generate positive externalities. This approach makes possible to define the bounda-ries of the social sphere, the actors of production, which can in-clude both public and private commercial producers, as well as non-profit organizations.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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