The Politics of Wellbeing Theory, Policy and Practice /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bache, Ian (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Scott, Karen (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Wellbeing in Politics and Policy
• Θέματα: Public policy.; Social policy.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Political sociology.; Public Policy.; Comparative Social Policy.; Social Policy.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Political Sociology.

This volume is the first collection in the field of wellbeing studies that places politics centre stage. Through a combination of intellectual inquiry, empirically-grounded research, and investigation across different settings, this book aims to provide fresh insights and develop new lenses through...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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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