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How To Create Societies for Human Wellbeing
Through Public Policy and Social Change
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Wellbeing is a hot topic: governments, psychologists and a thousand self-appointed 'experts' all claim to promote it, and yet our societies are experiencing record levels of mental distress and ill-health. Why? Matthew Fisher presents a compelling new perspective on psychological wellbeing informed by evidence on human...
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How to Create Societies for Human Wellbeing presents a compelling new perspective on psychological wellbeing informed by evidence on human stress responses. It shows how our mental health is shaped by the social and cultural conditions in which we all live and offers new ways to respond through political and social change.
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Description
Wellbeing is a hot topic: governments, psychologists and a thousand self-appointed 'experts' all claim to promote it, and yet our societies are experiencing record levels of mental distress and ill-health. Why?
Matthew Fisher presents a compelling new perspective on psychological wellbeing informed by evidence on human stress responses. He shows how our mental health is shaped by the social and cultural conditions in which we all live.
Developing arguments and strategies for a society truly committed to wellbeing, How To Create Societies for Human Wellbeing offers new ways to understand the problems facing modern societies and ways to respond through political and social change.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781447369479
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 October 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Policy Press
Illustration: 1 Illustrations, black and white
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 168
About the Author
Matthew Fisher is an Australian philosopher and researcher in Public Health at the University of Adelaide. He has published widely on topics of wellbeing, public policy, and social change.
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