Well-Being and Beyond

Edited by Timo J. Hämäläinen, Sitra Fellow, the Finnish Innovation Fund, Finland and Juliet Michaelson, Associate Director,, Centre for Well-being, New Economics Foundation, UK

'Seldom is a work of non-fiction so essential to such a wide audience. The concept of well-being has been an elusive dream of humanity for centuries. It is spoken of in national vision statements and the dreams of poets. This book is the most concrete exploration to date of not only what well-being can mean to the individual but also what policy cast in a context of well-being can mean for the private sector as well as the state. As this compilation of the wisdom of global experts in the field details how well-being can be attained in a host of settings, it is compulsory reading for not only corporate and political leaders but also for the individual who seeks well-being as a personal quest.'--Professor Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Teacher Education, York University, Canada'I strongly advise you to read this book. In 1934', Professor Simon Kuznets said of the modern world, 'the welfare of a nation [can] scarcely be inferred from a measure of national income' and yet since that time the governments of the industrialized world have paid no attention to such good sense. They have instead become obsessed by the totems of economic growth and GDP. Kuznets would have greatly approved of this volume and I can think of no higher praise. It has taken us exactly 80 years, but we have finally got there. Human well-being is what matters.'--Professor Andrew J Oswald, University of Warwick, UK

• Contents:1. New Theories and Policies for Well-being: IntroductionJuliet Michaelson and Timo J. HämäläinenPART I: THE NEED FOR COHERENCE2. In Search of Coherence: Sketching a Theory of Sustainable Well-beingTimo J. Hämäläinen3. The Salutogenic Framework for Well-being: Implications for Public PolicyMonica Eriksson and Bengt Lindström4. Well-being and Well-becoming: Reauthorizing the Subject in Incoherent TimesMaureen O’Hara and Andrew LyonPART II: RESTORING THE CENTRALITY OF THE SOCIAL5. Understanding and Improving the Social Context of Well-beingJohn F. Helliwell6. Buying Alone: How the Decreasing American Happiness Turned into the Current Economic CrisisStefano Bartolini7. Creating Supportive Environments to Foster Reasonableness and Achieve Sustainable Well-beingAvik Basu, Rachel Kaplan and Stephen KaplanPART III: REVISING ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES8. What Implications Does Well-being Science Have for Economic Policy?Charles Seaford9. Well-being in OrganizationsJill Flint-Taylor and Cary L. CooperPART IV: POLICY RESPONSES10. The Politics of ConsciousnessMihaly Csikszentmihalyi11. Well-being, Capitalism and Public Policy: From Generalization to GranularityGeoff Mulgan12. Well-being for Growth and Democracy in the EUAgnès Hubert13. Policies for Well-being and HealthPekka Puska14. Practical Models for Well-being Oriented PolicyJuliet MichaelsonIndex