Welfare and Well-Being: Social Value in Public Policy

Welfare and well-being......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
Acknowledgements......Page 5
Introduction......Page 6
Well-being and social value......Page 10
1. The Easterlin paradox and the dominance of the economic model......Page 18
Welfare and utility......Page 21
Capabilities – Sen......Page 24
Capabilities – Nussbaum......Page 27
Gender and the ethic of care......Page 31
The environment and sustainability......Page 34
Conclusions......Page 38
2. Well-being and social value: ‘I shall not come to your funeral’......Page 40
The economics of esteem......Page 44
Choice, contract and culture......Page 46
Making competent individuals......Page 49
The transformation of collective life......Page 52
Conclusions......Page 55
3. Welfare and the economic model: ‘being precisely wrong’......Page 60
The nature of collective action......Page 63
Institutions as restraints......Page 67
The relevance of social capital for welfare......Page 71
Conclusions......Page 74
4. Social capital: the missing link?......Page 78
Combining voluntary with other exchanges......Page 81
Groups, clubs and change......Page 84
Incorporating social capital......Page 87
Social capital and well-being......Page 90
Conclusions......Page 93
5. Players, members, spectators and bystanders: benefits for non-participants......Page 96
Gains by bystanders......Page 98
Bridging and bonding......Page 102
Trust......Page 105
Redistributive effects......Page 108
Conclusions......Page 110
6. Social value and well-being: paying tribute......Page 116
Consumption......Page 121
Saving, credit and debt......Page 123
Work effort and work roles......Page 128
Conclusions......Page 132
7. How social value works......Page 136
Social sources of well-being......Page 139
The ritual nature of social value......Page 144
The contribution of social theory......Page 148
Conclusions......Page 151
8. Institutions and culture......Page 154
Negotiating culture......Page 156
Institutions, change and value......Page 160
In and between organisations......Page 163
The illusion of autonomy......Page 166
Conclusions......Page 170
9. Welfare economics and public policy: ‘sputtering out’......Page 176
Welfare economics and its challengers......Page 179
‘Weak welfarism’......Page 181
The liberal-communitarian version of public policy......Page 184
Subjective well-being and public policy......Page 187
Conclusions......Page 192
10. Social value and public policy: making citizens......Page 196
Social value and the welfare state......Page 200
The scope for social value as a standard......Page 206
Services and social relations......Page 209
Time, productivity and the consumption of services......Page 214
Social reproduction and social value......Page 217
Conclusions......Page 220
11. Justice, equality and social value......Page 224
Real freedom and social value......Page 227
Social relations in ‘basic income societies’......Page 230
Liberalism and perfectionism......Page 234
Social reproduction and sustainability......Page 237
Social reproduction and the social services......Page 239
Contract or culture?......Page 242
Conclusions......Page 246
Conclusion......Page 250
References......Page 256
Index......Page 280