Wellbeing-oriented policymaking – from theory to practice. Case studies of Scotland, New Zealand and Wales
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How can societal wellbeing become an integral value to consider in public policymaking? Considering the importance of societal and individual wellbeing forms a contemporary trend in both theory and policy practice, and generally starts from the premise that a country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a too narrow proxy for societal wellbeing. Within this ‘beyond GDP’ movement, the argument is that we are in need of an alternative measure of progress, one that captures a broader range of factors that make up sustainable wellbeing. But what does wellbeing mean as a concept? Which factors are relevant for having or pursuing wellbeing? And in what ways can policymakers steer towards enhancing wellbeing in a community or country instead of merely enhancing its GDP?
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TNO Identifier
962060
Publisher
TNO
Collation
58 p.
Place of publication
Petten