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Wellbeing: Alternative Policy Perspectives

Wellbeing: Alternative Policy Perspectives

Paperback

Series: Lse Public Policy Review

PhilosophyGeneral PsychologyMental Health

ISBN10: 1909890820
ISBN13: 9781909890824
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Aug 30 2022
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.42 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Governments 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 holistic policy-making? Or should we stick with multiple metrics? These debates are well-developed in health policy-making and in alternative 'capabilities' approaches to assessing quality of life. Most recently, the connections between wellbeing and political participation have come into sharper focus.

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