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ISBN-10 :  3319583948 

ISBN-13 :  9783319583938

Author:  Ian Bache, Karen Scott 

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 which to understand the rise and significance of the wellbeing agenda. Divided into three parts, it considers how to define wellbeing for public policy; the prospects for wellbeing as a force for political change; and the link between policy agendas and the everyday lives of people. The book explores the key political issues of power, democracy, and the legitimacy of wellbeing evidence in a range of settings – international, national and subnational/substate. The volume will appeal to wellbeing and politics scholars, as well as students and general readers with an interest in these new political agendas.

The Politics of Wellbeing 1st Table of contents:

1. Wellbeing in Politics and Policy
Part I. Political Theory and Wellbeing
2. The End of History and the Invention of Happiness
3. Well-Being and Social Justice: In Defence of the Capabilities Approach
4. The Proper Role for Wellbeing in Public Policy: Towards a Pluralist, Pragmatic, Theory-Neutral Approach
Part II. Wellbeing: A Force for Political Change?
5. Is Wellbeing a Useful Concept for Progressives?
6. Between Policies and Life: The Political Process of Buen Vivir in Ecuador
7. Challenging the Dominant Economic Narrative Through Alternative Wellbeing Indicators: The Canadian Experience
8. Societal Wellbeing: Catalyst for Systems and Social Change in Northern Ireland?
Part III. Between Wellbeing Policy and Everyday Lives: Critical Perspectives
9. Reconciling Universal Frameworks and Local Realities in Understanding and Measuring Wellbeing
10. ‘Therapeutic Entrepreneurialism’ and the Undermining of Expertise and Evidence in the Education Politics of Wellbeing
11. Skivers, Strivers and Thrivers: The Shift from Welfare to Wellbeing in New Zealand and the United Kingdom
12. The Politics of the Official Statistic: The UK ‘Measuring National Well-Being’ Programme

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