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Author:   Sarah C White ,  Asha Abeyasekera
Publisher:   Practical Action Publishing
Imprint:   Practical Action Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.468kg
ISBN:  

9781853398414

ISBN 10:   1853398411
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   15 October 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Prelims [ About the editors| Acknowledgements| Foreword by Robert Chambers] PART ONE: Introduction to wellbeing and quality of life: ideas, issues, and choices 1 Introduction: why wellbeing? 2 Key issues in wellbeing and quality of life assessment 3 Practical choices in designing a wellbeing and quality of life assessment PART TWO: Wellbeing and quality of life in development practice 4 A social justice approach to wellbeing: the PADHI psychosocial framework 5 Inner wellbeing: the Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways approach 6 Traidcraft: assessing human flourishing 7 CAFOD: quality of life Batteries Tool 8 Trocaire: measuring change, person wellbeing, and programme impact using the Wheel PART THREE: Wellbeing and quality of life in policy and advocacy 9 The potential for a wellbeing approach in policy making and sustainable development 10 Oxfam's Humankind Index 11 Wellbeing Wales: the Sustainable Wellbeing Framework PART FOUR: Going forward 12 Conclusion: the politics of working on wellbeing Further resources on wellbeing and quality of life Index

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This book provides welcome and accessible advice on how to go about ensuring participation in developing new metrics for development. --Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Advisor This book clearly outlines key issues about community wellbeing and quality of life, linking them to concrete initiatives that open up many possibilities for practitioners. --Diane Gillespie, Emeritus Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences

This book clearly outlines key issues about community wellbeing and quality of life, linking them to concrete initiatives that open up many possibilities for practitioners. --Diane Gillespie, Emeritus Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences This book provides welcome and accessible advice on how to go about ensuring participation in developing new metrics for development. --Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Advisor

Author Information

Sarah C. White is senior lecturer at the University of Bath. She has more than ten years' experience researching wellbeing in developing countries, with the ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries (2002-7); the Religions and Development Research Programme Consortium (2005-10) and the Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways project, 2010-14. Asha Abeyasekera is a lecturer at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She worked as Lead Researcher and Programme Manager of the Psychosocial Assessment of Development and Humanitarian Interventions (PADHI) Project, 2006-9.

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