Wellbeing and Devolution
Reframing the Role of Government in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Published on 17. December 2018
Book
Hardback
XIII, 165 pages
978-3-030-02229-7 (ISBN)
Description
It has been over twenty years since the people of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland voted for devolution. Over that time, the devolved legislatures have established themselves and matured their approach to governance. At different times and for different reasons, each has put wellbeing at the heart of their approach - codifying their values and goals within wellbeing frameworks. This open access book explores, for the first time, why each set their goal as improving wellbeing and how they balance the core elements of societal wellbeing (economic, social and environmental outcomes). Do the frameworks represent a genuine attempt to think differently about how devolved government can plan and organise public services? And if so, what early indications are there of the impact is this having on people's lives?
More details
Series
Edition
2019 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung, 4 farbige Abbildungen
XIII, 165 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
353 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-030-02229-7 (9783030022297)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-02230-3
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jennifer Wallace is Head of Policy at Carnegie UK Trust where she leads the Trusts work on understanding wellbeing. She has worked in the public and voluntary sector for almost twenty years and is the author of a large number of research-based public policy reports, many of which relate to public sector reform.
Content
Chapter 1: Understanding societal wellbeing.- Chapter 2: Understanding Devolution and Wellbeing in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.- Chapter 3: Scotland: Wellbeing as performance management.- Chapter 4: Wales: Wellbeing as sustainable development.- Chapter 5: Northern Ireland: Wellbeing as a vision.- Chapter 5: Cross-jurisdictional analysis.- Chapter 6: Conclusions and reflections.