04011cam a22002774a 4500008004100000020001800041020001800059020001800077040000800095050002200103100002600125245006700151260003500218300001500253520155200268520155101820650001603371650002103387650003003408650002903438650004503467650003003512942001303542999001903555952015903574120124s2012    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a9781849714624  a9781849714631  a9780203113622  aSDU00aHN25bS425 M 20121 aScott, Karen.921356610aMeasuring wellbeing :btowards sustainability? /cKaren Scott.  aNew York  :bRoutledge,c2012.  aix, 210 p.  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. "--  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"-- 0aWell-being. 0aQuality of life. 0aSocial indicators.938445 0aSustainable development. 7aSCIENCE / Environmental Science.9190578 7aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General.  cGBE2lcc  c110269d110269  00102lcc406HN0025 S425 M2012708CGB9282380aSDUbSDUcGEN3d2025-09-19e2l0oHN25 S425 M 2012p1000371583r2025-09-19 00:00:00tC.1w2025-09-19yGBE