Evaluating culture: well-being, institutions and circumstance

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Abstract

From which evaluative foundation should we develop public policies designed to promote wellbeing among different cultural groups in different circumstances? This book seeks to advance an objective, universal theory of cultural evaluation grounded in a eudaemonic account of human wellbeing. The approach brings together a 'thick vague' conception of the good; a determinate, particularist conception of circumstance; an egalitarian moral philosophy with concessions to sufficientarianism, and a normative functionalist view of culture, to assess the value of cultural institutions to those that they affect. Engaging closely with needs and capabilities paradigms, the approach seeks to identify and explain cultural deficits in given circumstances. The applicability of the theory is illustrated through analysis of the effect of settler-indigenous relations on Aboriginal Australian people. This book is ideal for students and scholars of cultural theory and public policy.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Number of pages204
ISBN (Electronic)9781137313799
ISBN (Print)9780230296565, 9781349333769
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • culture
  • Design
  • evaluation
  • Institution

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  • Cultural Evaluation

    Johnson, M. T., 2022, Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Maggino, F. (ed.). 2nd ed. Dordrecht, Germany: Springer, p. 1388-1394 7 p.

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  • Cultural Evaluation

    Johnson, M., 1 Jan 2014, Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Michalos, A. C. (ed.). Dordrecht: Springer, p. 1388-1394 7 p.

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