LEADER 02735nam 2200433z- 450 001 9910572195003321 005 20231214132958.0 035 $a(CKB)5860000000046855 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/83502 035 $a(EXLCZ)995860000000046855 100 $a20202206d2022 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWellbeing$eAlternative Policy Perspectives 210 $aLondon$cLSE Press$d2022 215 $a1 electronic resource (218 p.) 311 $a1-909890-82-0 330 $aGovernments in liberal democracies pursue social welfare, but in many different ways. The wellbeing approach instead asks: Why not focus directly on increasing measured human happiness? Why not try to improve people?s overall quality of life, as it is subjectively seen by citizens themselves? The radical implications of this stance include shifting attention to previously neglected areas (such as mental health and ?social infrastructure? services) and developing defensible measures of overall wellbeing or quality of life indicators. Can one ?master? concept of wellbeing work to create more holism in policy-making? Or should we stick with multiple metrics? These debates have been live in relation to an alternative ?capacities? approaches, and they are well-developed in health policymaking. Most recently, the connections between wellbeing and political participation have come into sharper focus. Wellbeing remains a contested concept, one that can be interpreted and used differently, with consequences for how it is incorporated into policy decisions. By bringing together scholars from economics, psychology and behavioural science, philosophy and political science, the authors explore how different disciplinary approaches can contribute to the study of wellbeing and how this can shape policy priorities. 517 $aWellbeing 606 $aSociety & culture: general$2bicssc 606 $aSocial welfare & social services$2bicssc 606 $aBehavioural theory (Behaviourism)$2bicssc 606 $aPolitical science & theory$2bicssc 610 $aWellbeing; Policy; Social justice; COVID-19; Inequality 615 7$aSociety & culture: general 615 7$aSocial welfare & social services 615 7$aBehavioural theory (Behaviourism) 615 7$aPolitical science & theory 700 $aBesley$b Timothy$4edt$0119796 702 $aBUCELLI$b IRENE$4edt 702 $aBesley$b Timothy$4oth 702 $aBUCELLI$b IRENE$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910572195003321 996 $aWellbeing$93027298 997 $aUNINA