Towards Sustainable Well-Being : Moving beyond GDP in Canada and the World /

Towards Sustainable Well-Being examines existing efforts and emerging possibilities to improve upon gross domestic product as the dominant indicator of economic and social performance. Contributions from leading international and Canadian researchers in the field of beyond-GDP measurement offer a ri...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bache, Ian (Contribuidor), Barrington-Leigh, Christopher P. (Contribuidor), Berik, Günseli (Contribuidor), Bizikova, Livia (Contribuidor), Bleys, Brent (Contribuidor), Colman, Ronald (Contribuidor), Dasilva, Clay (Contribuidor), Durand, Martine (Contribuidor), D'Ercole, Marco Mira (Contribuidor), Gaudet, Céofride (Contribuidor, Editor ), Gyarmati, David (Contribuidor), Hayden, Anders (Contribuidor, Editor ), Helliwell, John F. (Contribuidor), Joyce, Craig (Contribuidor), Kim, Julia C. (Contribuidor), Laurent, Éloi (Contribuidor), Mackenzie, Amy (Contribuidor), Mcdougal, Kieran (Contribuidor), Ng, Tim (Contribuidor), Orpana, Heather (Contribuidor), Rodgers, Julia (Contribuidor), Smith, Rob (Contribuidor), Thiry, Géraldine (Contribuidor), Trebeck, Katherine (Contribuidor), Wilson, Jeffrey (Contribuidor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
Temas:
Economic indicators.
Social indicators.
Sustainable development > Measurement.
Well-being > Measurement.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics.
GDP.
alternative economic and wellbeing indicators.
beyond growth.
comprehensive wealth.
economic prosperity.
economics of happiness genuine progress.
quality of life.
shared prosperity.
sustainable wellbeing.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Background and Visions
  • 1 The Long Road beyond GDP: Have We Finally Reached a Time for Breakthroughs?
  • 2 Ten Years After: From SSF to HLEG - An Agenda for Well-Being Measurement in the Next Decade
  • 3 Measures for a New Economy: Shifting Power via Public Participation
  • PART TWO International Experiences and Perspectives
  • 4 Beyond GDP, Beyond Numbers: Bhutan's Journey towards Gross National Happiness
  • 5 Well-Being in British Politics and Policy
  • 6 Integrating Well-Being Indicators in Budgetary Procedures: Four Shades of Sincerity
  • 7 Beyond "Beyond GDP" in the EU: What's Next?
  • 8 Contributions of the Genuine Progress Indicator to Measuring and Promoting Welfare
  • 9 Measuring What Matters: Policy Applications in New Zealand
  • PART THREE Canadian Experiences and Perspectives
  • 10 Beyond Dollars and Cents: The Canadian Index of Wellbeing and Nova Scotia Quality of Life Initiative
  • 11 Building an Epidemiology of Happiness
  • 12 Well-Being, Sustainability, and Progress: A Framework for Public and Policy Discourse and for Quantitative Decision-Making Using the Life Satisfaction Approach
  • 13 Measuring Comprehensive Wealth in Canada
  • 14 Time for a Reality Check: Lessons from Bhutan, Canada, and New Zealand
  • Conclusion: Towards Sustainable Well-Being
  • Contributors
  • Index

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