Well-Being and Beyond: Broadening the Public and Policy Discourse

Contents: 1. New Theories and Policies for Well-being: Introduction Juliet Michaelson and Timo J. Hamalainen PART I: THE NEED FOR COHERENCE 2. In Search of Coherence: Sketching a Theory of Sustainable Well-being Timo J. Hamalainen 3. The Salutogenic Framework for Well-being: Implications for Public Policy Monica Eriksson and Bengt Lindstrom 4. Well-being and Well-becoming: Reauthorizing the Subject in Incoherent Times Maureen O'Hara and Andrew Lyon PART II: RESTORING THE CENTRALITY OF THE SOCIAL 5. Understanding and Improving the Social Context of Well-being John F. Helliwell 6. Buying Alone: How the Decreasing American Happiness Turned into the Current Economic Crisis Stefano Bartolini 7. Creating Supportive Environments to Foster Reasonableness and Achieve Sustainable Well-being Avik Basu, Rachel Kaplan and Stephen Kaplan PART III: REVISING ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES 8. What Implications Does Well-being Science Have for Economic Policy? Charles Seaford 9. Well-being in Organizations Jill Flint-Taylor and Cary L. Cooper PART IV: POLICY RESPONSES 10. The Politics of Consciousness Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 11. Well-being, Capitalism and Public Policy: From Generalization to Granularity Geoff Mulgan 12. Well-being for Growth and Democracy in the EU Agnes Hubert 13. Policies for Well-being and Health Pekka Puska 14. Practical Models for Well-being Oriented Policy Juliet Michaelson Index