Wellbeing, resilience and sustainability : the new trinity of governance

By:

Joseph, Jonathan

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Publication details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrace Macmillan, c2020Description: v, 150 p. 22 cmISBN:

9783030323066

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NLM classification:

WX 150.

Summary: Wellbeing, resilience and sustainability are three of the most popular ideas in current usage and are said to represent a much-needed paradigm shift in political and policy thinking. This book in unique in bringing the three concepts together as representing a new trinity of governance. Here we introduce some of the commonalities between the ideas, particularly their concern with distinctive human capabilities that shape who we are and that imply a particular relationship to our wider social and natural environments. The book explains what is distinctive about the three ideas and why they are currently popular. In particular, we are concerned with how these ideas contribute to governance 'after the crisis' and how questions of social, political and economic uncertainly influence the ways in which these main arguments are developed. The book will appeal to those studying these ideas, how they apply to politics, political economy and governance and to the wider public and policy-makers in these fields.

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Stenhouse Library Shelves	WX 150 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Issued	02/11/2023	S04165

Wellbeing, resilience and sustainability are three of the most popular ideas in current usage and are said to represent a much-needed paradigm shift in political and policy thinking. This book in unique in bringing the three concepts together as representing a new trinity of governance. Here we introduce some of the commonalities between the ideas, particularly their concern with distinctive human capabilities that shape who we are and that imply a particular relationship to our wider social and natural environments. The book explains what is distinctive about the three ideas and why they are currently popular. In particular, we are concerned with how these ideas contribute to governance 'after the crisis' and how questions of social, political and economic uncertainly influence the ways in which these main arguments are developed. The book will appeal to those studying these ideas, how they apply to politics, political economy and governance and to the wider public and policy-makers in these fields.

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