Reardon, L. and Bache, I.P. (2015) The wellbeing agenda: Implications for policy. East-West Institute for Advanced Studies Viewpoints Journal, 2.
Abstract
Over the past decade there has been increasing debate at both national and international level over the extent to which governments can improve the wellbeing of their citizens. This debate has a number of potential implications for policy, which this article reviews. The policy areas covered here include health, the economy, environment and planning, society and community based policy, and governance. The article acknowledges that wellbeing as a guide to public policy is very much a long term agenda with their being a number of issues that need to be addressed relating to political acceptability, technical feasibility and institutional capacity and receptiveness. However, this article reveals a range and depth of thinking on these options that was not apparent even just a few years ago, signalling the growing importance of this agenda.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 The Publisher. This is an author-produced version of a paper accepted for publication in East-West Institute for Advanced Studies Viewpoints Journal. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
Keywords: | wellbeing; quality of life; policy; UK; environment; health; planning; society; governance |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2015 15:43 |
Last Modified: | 19 May 2020 13:30 |
Published Version: | http://www.ewias.org/?page_id=756 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | East-West Institute for Advanced Studies |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:86280 |