LEADER 03411nam 22005655 450 001 9910483192903321 005 20220902200338.0 010 $a3-030-53085-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-53085-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000011401178 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6320931 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-53085-3 035 $a(PPN)259460176 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011401178 100 $a20200827d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFrom GDP to sustainable wellbeing $echanging statistics or changing lives? /$fPaul Allin, David J. Hand 205 $a1st edition 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Pivot,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (159 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aWellbeing in Politics and Policy 311 1 $a3-030-53084-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1.Introduction -- 2.Setting the scene -- 3.Using statistics to assess progress -- 4.Statistics and public policy -- 5.Wider audiences for new measures of progress -- 6.Inputs and outputs: Data science and the role of media -- 7.Conclusion. 330 $aThis book is about the function and use of official statistics. It welcomes the aspiration for official statistics to be an indispensable element in the information system of a democratic society, serving the government, the economy and the public with data about the economic, demographic, social and environmental situation. The book identifies the political role of official statisticians, who decided what gets measured as well as how it is measured. While thousands of official statistics are published every year, and some are quoted by politicians, used by policy-makers or reported in the media, the authors observe that, in the main, official statistics do not feature much in everyday lives of people and businesses. The book concludes with suggestions for more that should be done, especially in the context of improving wellbeing and helping meet the worldwide set of sustainable development goals set for 2030. Paul Allin is a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London, UK, researching the use of wellbeing measures. David Hand is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and a Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College London, UK, where he previously chaired the Statistics Section. 410 0$aWellbeing in Politics and Policy 606 $aPublic policy 606 $aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy 606 $aHuman comfort 606 $aPublic Policy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911060 606 $aSocial Philosophy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E43000 615 0$aPublic policy. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aHuman comfort. 615 14$aPublic Policy. 615 24$aSocial Philosophy. 676 $a310 700 $aAllin$b Paul$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0976223 702 $aHand$b D. J$g(David J.),$f1950-$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483192903321 996 $aFrom GDP to Sustainable Wellbeing$92845222 997 $aUNINA