Well-being for public policy /
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford ; New York : |
Publication Dates: | 2010. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Series in positive psychology
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http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=bc1821bc5f74429b9a9fa34e70277510 |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (viii, 245 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-235) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780199715299 |
Index Number: | HN25 |
CLC: | C915 |
Contents: | Section I: Measuring well-being for public policy -- Using well-being to inform public policy -- Defining well-being -- Section II: How well-being adds information -- Limitations of economic and social indicators -- Contributions of well-being measures -- The well-being measures are valid -- Issues regarding the use of well-being measures for policy -- The desirability of well-being as a guide for policy -- Section III: Examples of policy uses of well-being measures -- Health and well-being: policy examples -- The environment and well-being : policy examples -- Work, the economy, and well-being : policy examples -- The social context of well-being : policy examples -- Section IV: Implementing the measures -- Existing surveys -- Conclusions. |