Wellbeing: Political Discourse and Policy in the Anglosphere. Introduction

Dalingwater, Louise; Costantini, Iside; Champroux, Nathalie

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“…Wellbeing has a long history and embodies diverse meanings ranging from quality of life, happiness, flourishing health, and extending to morality and mindfulness (Dodge et al, 2012;Seligman, 2012;Davies, 2015;Smith and Reid, 2017;Leary, 2019). The basic idea of wellbeing can be traced to Aristotle (Dalingwater et al, 2019) but its dominant contemporary conceptualisations are rooted in Western logic and philosophy. For example, in 1776, America's Declaration of Independence cited "the pursuit of happiness" as an "unalienable right" of citizens.…”

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The wellbeing pandemic: Outline of a contested terrain and a proposed research agenda

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Wellbeing has emerged as a central, if not defining, feature of contemporary social life. Yet, despite its global significance spanning the political, social and economic spectrum, there is a remarkable lack of agreement regarding the conceptualization, definition or operationalisation of wellbeing nor any clear evidence of its success as an instrument of policy. This essay explores the contested terrain of wellbeing by examining the concept in relation to emerging politics, complexities and contradictions. More specifically, the essay: (1) briefly describes the historical origins and development of wellbeing; (2) discusses how it has been reconceptualised within the context of neoliberalism; and, (3) outlines a research agenda offering three ways to investigate wellbeing including: (a) as a wicked problem; (b) as part of the process of “wellbeing washing” within state and other institutional structures and policies; and, (c) in relation to alternative futures, which might encourage us to reimagine or jettison the term altogether.

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“…‘Well-being’ has been taken to mean happiness, life satisfaction, quality of life or sustainability (Dalingwater et al 2019), and it has been defined as ‘the absence of negative conditions and feelings’ (Keyes 1998, p. 121). Furthermore, numerous studies describe different dimensions of well-being, like psychological, subjective, hedonic, eudaimonic or social well-being (Diener and Ryan 2009; Keyes 2005; Ryff 1989; Waterman 1993).…”

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“…We scrutinised these three dimensions because they represent impacts that have previously been identified as benefits of festival attendance (see the section below). The history of hedonic, eudaimonic and social well-being is very long, starting from the works of Greek philosophers, and there are several articles (for example, Dalingwater et al 2019; Diener and Ryan 2009) that summarise the development of the concept of well-being in different disciplines. Here, we will just briefly describe each of the three well-being dimensions under scrutiny.…”

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“…For instance, Diener and Ryan argue that one of the reasons for putting more emphasis on well-being issues in the ‘post-materialistic’ era is that most people ‘today have the luxury of seeking a fulfilling life rather than mere economic sustenance’ (Diener and Ryan 2009, p. 401). Another, closely related reason is the development of individualisation resulting from the long, global history of neoliberalism, during which focus has shifted from general social welfare towards individual well-being (Dalingwater et al 2019, p. 5). Nevertheless, it should be noted that hedonism has been part of music festival attendance longer than the neoliberalist discourse.…”

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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on music festival attendees

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Honkanen

2021

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As festivals were cancelled or people were afraid of participating in mass gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic, the well-being effects of festival participation were missed. How can these missed hedonic, eudaimonic or social well-being impacts be described, and how has the prolonged absence of live music events and the cancellation of the festival summer influenced attitudes towards festivals? Research data comprised nearly 13,000 responses to the Finnish Festival Barometer 2020 at a time when all the large festivals had been cancelled. Clustering the COVID-19 related questions led to three segments named Covid-cautious, Music-driven and Experience-oriented. The findings indicate challenges for event organisers, particularly in terms of communality. The theoretical contribution of this study is in scrutinising the well-being effects of festival attendance at a time when festivals were banned. Thus, survey participants could say the factors they missed most, revealing the most important well-being dimensions for their festival attendance.

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“…A good example for this isDalingwater et al (2019) implying that the Bhutan government neglected other important policy tasks such as economy, unemployment, and education as an excuse for the happiness policy.…”

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Public Happiness Policy

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2021

Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being

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Wellbeing: Political Discourse and Policy in the Anglosphere. Introduction

Cited by 5 publications

References 37 publications

The wellbeing pandemic: Outline of a contested terrain and a proposed research agenda

The wellbeing pandemic: Outline of a contested terrain and a proposed research agenda

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on music festival attendees

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