04149ctm a22003494a 45000010009000000050017000090060001000260070003000270080041000300100017000710200035000880200024001230200024001470400013001710420008001840500021001920820012002130840034002251000018002592450086002772600035003633000025003985040051004235201576004745201575020506500016036256500021036416500023036626500029036856500046037146500039037601713247420250312110724.0ta191115s2012    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2012001471  a9781849714631 (pbk) :cĐ33.71  a9781849714631 (pbk)  a9780203113622 (ebk)  aDLCcDLC  apcc00aHN25b.S384 201200a306223  aSCI026000aSOC0000002bisacsh1 aScott, Karen.10aMeasuring wellbeing :h[manuscript] :btowards sustainability? /cby Karen Scott.  aNew York :bRoutledge,cc2012.  aix, 210 p. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"Improving wellbeing and sustainability are central goals of government, but are they in conflict? This book reviews that question and its implications for public policy through a focus on indicators. It highlights tensions between various constructs of wellbeing and sustainable development, and between current individual and societal notions of wellbeing. Recommending a clearer conceptual framework for policy makers regarding different wellbeing constructs which would facilitate more transparent discussions; it argues against a win-win scenario of wellbeing and sustainability but advocates a power sensitive trade off approach based on debating values. Measuring Wellbeing is divided into two clear parts; the first part provides a critical review of the field, drawing widely on international research but contextualised within recent UK wellbeing policy discourses. The second part embeds the theory in a case study based on the author's own experience of trying to develop quality of life indicators within a local authority, against the backdrop of increasing national policy interest in "happiness".This book will help shape debates in newly developing wellbeing policy arenas. Through a consideration of discourse, politics and power, it addresses the disciplinary gaps in current wellbeing policy debate. This accessible and informative book will appeal to students, academics and policy makers interested in wellbeing, sustainable development, indicators, public policy, participation, localism, community, power and discourse. "--cProvided by publisher.  a"Improving wellbeing and sustainability are central goals of government, but are they in conflict? This book reviews that question and its implications for public policy through a focus on indicators. It highlights tensions between various constructs of wellbeing and sustainable development, and between current individual and societal notions of wellbeing. Recommending a clearer conceptual framework for policy makers regarding different wellbeing constructs which would facilitate more transparent discussions, it argues against a win-win scenario of wellbeing and sustainability but advocates a power sensitive trade off approach based on debating values. Measuring Wellbeing is divided into two clear parts; the first part provides a critical review of the field, drawing widely on international research but contextualised within recent UK wellbeing policy discourses. The second part embeds the theory in a case study based on the author's own experience of trying to develop quality of life indicators within a local authority, against the backdrop of increasing national policy interest in 'happiness'. This book will help shape debates in newly developing wellbeing policy arenas. Through a consideration of discourse, politics and power, it addresses the disciplinary gaps in current wellbeing policy debate. This accessible and informative book will appeal to students, academics and policy makers interested in wellbeing, sustainable development, indicators, public policy, participation, localism, community, power and discourse"--cProvided by publisher. 0aWell-being. 0aQuality of life. 0aSocial indicators. 0aSustainable development. 7aSCIENCE / Environmental Science.2bisacsh 7aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General.2bisacsh