The Politics of Wellbeing Theory, Policy and Practice /
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| Summary: | IX, 310 p. 6 illus. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Series: | Wellbeing in Politics and Policy,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58394-5 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1: Wellbeing in politics and policy – Ian Bache and Karen Scott
- Part One - Political theory and wellbeing
- 2: The End of History and the Invention of Happiness; Jules Evans
- 3: Well-being and Social Justice: In Defence of the Capabilities Approach; Annie Austin
- 4: The Proper Role for Wellbeing in Public Policy: towards a Pluralist, Pragmatic, Theory-neutral Approach; Tim Taylor
- Part Two - Wellbeing: a force for political change?
- 5: Is wellbeing a useful concept for progressives?; Charles Seaford
- 6: Between Policies and Life: The Political Process of Buen Vivir in Ecuador; Daniela Bressa Florentin
- 7: Challenging the dominant economic narrative through alternative wellbeing indicators: the Canadian experience; Anders Hayden and Jeff Wilson
- 8: Societal Wellbeing – Catalyst for Systems and Social Change in Northern Ireland?; Peter Doran and Susan Hodgett
- Part Three - Between wellbeing policy and everyday lives: critical perspectives
- 9: Reconciling Universal Frameworks and Local Realities in Understanding and Measuring Wellbeing; Allister McGregor
- 10: ‘Therapeutic entrepreneurialism’ and the undermining of expertise and evidence in the education politics of wellbeing; Kathryn Ecclestone
- 11: Skivers, Strivers and Thrivers: The shift from welfare to wellbeing in New Zealand and the United Kingdom; Karen Scott and Annick Masselot
- 12: The politics of the official statistic: the UK ‘Measuring National Well-being’ programme; Matt Jenkins
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