Chapter 1 Wellbeing in Politics and Policy

Chapter 2 The End of History and the Invention of Happiness

Chapter 3 Well-Being and Social Justice: In Defence of the Capabilities Approach

Chapter 4 The Proper Role for Wellbeing in Public Policy: Towards a Pluralist, Pragmatic, Theory-Neutral Approach

Chapter 6 Between Policies and Life: The Political Process of Buen Vivir in Ecuador

Chapter 7 Challenging the Dominant Economic Narrative Through Alternative Wellbeing Indicators: The Canadian Experience

Chapter 8 Societal Wellbeing: Catalyst for Systems and Social Change in Northern Ireland?

Chapter 9 Reconciling Universal Frameworks and Local Realities in Understanding and Measuring Wellbeing

Chapter 10 ‘Therapeutic Entrepreneurialism’ and the Undermining of Expertise and Evidence in the Education Politics of Wellbeing

Chapter 11 Skivers, Strivers and Thrivers: The Shift from Welfare to Wellbeing in New Zealand and the United Kingdom

Chapter 12 The Politics of the Official Statistic: The UK ‘Measuring National Well-Being’ Programme