Wellbeing and Devolution

Reframing the Role of Government in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-02229-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 165 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 353 g

Reihe: Wellbeing in Politics and Policy

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?

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wallace, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.