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Well-Being: Expanding the Definition of Progress: Insights From Practitioners, Researchers, and Innovators Around Globe
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Well-Being: Expanding the Definition of Progress: Insights From Practitioners, Researchers, and Innovators Around Globe
Current price: $46.99
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Well-Being: Expanding the Definition of Progress: Insights From Practitioners, Researchers, and Innovators Around Globe
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Cities and countries around the world, from New Zealand to Singapore to Iceland, are starting to take a well-being approach by reorienting policies, budgets and other actions to advance human and planetary well-being. Well-being metricsholistic measurements of an individual's or population's capacity to thrive, including the condition of their community, society, and environmentprovide a nuanced and predictive view that transcends purely economic measures; they illuminate conditions of inequity and despair that other tools ignore, and expand the notion of health beyond simply the absence of disease.
summarizes the experiences and insights of practitioners, researchers and innovators from around the world, gathered together by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore how a well-being approach might further spread in the United States. Centered in the commitment to balance economic growththe traditional dashboard of progresswith well-being, this book is a combination of scientific papers, case studies from the field, and excerpts from a lively, multidisciplinary discussion which intentionally connects issues of measurement to the imperative for action. Rich with insights on policy and practice, narratives and culture, equity and shifts in power, alignment with other movements, and cross-sector collaboration, it is intended to inspire governmental leaders, policymakers, economists, measurement scientists, reporters, and others who crave a more integrated and balanced pursuit of progress.