Disability and the Implications of the Wellbeing Agenda: Some Reflections from the United Kingdom

A wellbeing agenda has emerged in government that seeks to promote a ‘politics of happiness’, in which citizens are, as the New Economics Foundation put it, ‘happy, healthy, capable and engaged’ (2004: 2). This article explores the wellbeing agenda in the UK, and its implications for disabled people...

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Published in:Journal of social policy 2008-07, Vol.37 (3), p.337-355
Main Authors: EDWARDS, CLAIRE, IMRIE, ROB
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ability
Citizenship
Disability
Disabled
Disabled persons
Economic growth
Emotions
Government Policy
Handicapped
Happiness
Individual behaviour
Individualism
Life satisfaction
Medical prognosis
People with disabilities
Personality
Personality Traits
Politics
Self Help
Social development
Social policy
Social theory
Society
Sustainable development
United Kingdom
Well Being
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