Consulting with Citizens in the Design of Wellbeing Measures and Policies: Lessons from a Systems Science Application

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 857-877

  Hogan, Michael J ^a   Johnston, Helen ^b   Broome, Benjamin ^c   McMoreland, Claire ^a   Walsh, Jane ^a   Smale, Bryan ^d   Duggan, Jim ^a   Andriessen, Jerry ^e   Leyden, Kevin M ^a   Domegan, Christine ^a   McHugh, Patricia ^a   Hogan, Victoria ^a   Harney, Owen ^a   Groarke, Jenny ^a   Noone, Chris ^a   Groarke, Ann Marie ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b National Economic and Social Council   (Ireland)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e Wise and Munro Learning Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consultation; Governance; Policy; Systems thinking; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL INDICATOR; STAKEHOLDER;

IRELAND;

EID: 84939652758     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-014-0764-x     Document Type: Article

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