Understanding well-being data : improving social and cultural policy, practice and research
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Understanding well-being data : improving social and cultural policy, practice and research
(New directions in cultural policy research)
Palgrave Macmillan, c2021
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
'Following the data' is a now-familiar phrase in Covid-19 policy communications. Well-being data are pivotal in decisions that affect our life chances, livelihoods and quality of life. They are increasingly valuable to companies with their eyes on profit, organisations looking to make a social impact, and governments focussed on societal problems. This book follows well-being data back centuries, showing they have long been used to track the health and wealth of society. It questions assumptions that have underpinned over 200 years of social science, statistical and policy work.
Understanding Well-being Data is a readable, introductory book with real-life examples. Understanding the contexts of data and decision-making are critical for policy, practice and research that aims to do good, or at least avoid harm. Through its comprehensive survey and critical lens, this book provides tools to promote better understanding of the power and potential of well-being data for society, and the limits of their application.
Table of Contents
1: The Historical and Policy Context.- 2 Methodological Context.- 3 The Application of subjective well-being in decision-making.- 4 Well-being Measures and Culture.- 5 moving towards a better use of well-being to understand the value of culture.- 6 NO FEAR Practical guidelines on how to deal with evidence on cultural value and well-being.- 7 Finding a working model of subjective well-being for the cultural sector.
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