The Well-being Transition: Analysis and Policy

This book aims to advance the well-being transition away from growth and towards resilience and sustainability, using health as a pivot and integrating well-being indicators into policy at all levels of governance.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 285 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

The purpose of this comprehensive volume, which brings together esteemed scholars and influential policymakers from the well-being community, is to advance our understanding and implementation of the crucial well-being transition away from the pursuit of growth and towards resilience and sustainability. This transition has become an urgent necessity in the face of the numerous challenges we face today.

A decade after the publication of the Stiglitz Report (2009), alternative visions to GDP and growth, which thrived in the 1970s, have re-emerged from every corner of the world, at all levels of governance. However, GDP and growth continue to dominate public policies, shape business practices, and shape our collective imaginations.

This book takes forward two critical tasks to facilitate progress in the well-being transition:

Firstly, it establishes a consistent framework that connects well-being to sustainability, emphasizing their complementarity, with health serving as a pivotal point.

Secondly, it aims to operationalize well-being indicators by integrating them into policymaking at all levels of governance.

By undertaking these tasks, we can work towards creating a more equitable, sustainable, and fulfilling future for all.

Weight: 400g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030678623
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021