Welfare and Well-Being : Social Value in Public Policy


Bill. Jordan
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Bristol : : The Policy Press, , 2008.
Omfang
1 online resource (289 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Welfare and well-being; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Well-being and social value; 1. The Easterlin paradox and the dominance of the economic model; Welfare and utility; Capabilities - Sen; Capabilities - Nussbaum; Gender and the ethic of care; The environment and sustainability; Conclusions; 2. Well-being and social value: 'I shall not come to your funeral'; The economics of esteem; Choice, contract and culture; Making competent individuals; The transformation of collective life; Conclusions; 3. Welfare and the economic model: 'being precisely wrong'. - 7. How social value worksSocial sources of well-being; The ritual nature of social value; The contribution of social theory; Conclusions; 8. Institutions and culture; Negotiating culture; Institutions, change and value; In and between organisations; The illusion of autonomy; Conclusions; 9. Welfare economics and public policy: 'sputtering out'; Welfare economics and its challengers; 'Weak welfarism'; The liberal-communitarian version of public policy; Subjective well-being and public policy; Conclusions; 10. Social value and public policy: making citizens; Social value and the welfare state. - The nature of collective actionInstitutions as restraints; The relevance of social capital for welfare; Conclusions; 4. Social capital: the missing link?; Combining voluntary with other exchanges; Groups, clubs and change; Incorporating social capital; Social capital and well-being; Conclusions; 5. Players, members, spectators and bystanders: benefits for non-participants; Gains by bystanders; Bridging and bonding; Trust; Redistributive effects; Conclusions; 6. Social value and well-being: paying tribute; Consumption; Saving, credit and debt; Work effort and work roles; Conclusions. - The scope for social value as a standardServices and social relations; Time, productivity and the consumption of services; Social reproduction and social value; Conclusions; 11. Justice, equality and social value; Real freedom and social value; Social relations in 'basic income societies'; Liberalism and perfectionism; Social reproduction and sustainability; Social reproduction and the social services; Contract or culture?; Conclusions; Conclusion; References; Index. - In this original book Bill Jordan presents a new analysis of well-being in terms of its social value, and outlines ways in which this could be incorporated into public policy decisions.
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Public welfare.
Social policy.
Social values.
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9781847420800. - 9781847420817

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