Wellbeing in politics and policy

Abstract

Why another book on wellbeing? In the past decade or so, numerous volumes have been published on this topic, signifying the dramatic rise of interest by academics, policy-makers and civil society in the concept of wellbeing. Considering the wealth of this literature, one would think there was little new to say on the subject. our book, however, addresses an important gap in wellbeing studies: it provides new perspectives from the discipline of politics. In this chapter, we set out why we think this is impor- tant and highlight the potential contribution of the politics discipline.