Wellbeing, Resilience and Sustainability

Jonathan Joseph is Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Bristol, UK. He was previously a professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield, UK. Previous books include Varieties of Resilience: Studies in Governmentality and The Social in the Global: Social Theory, Governmentality and Global Politics. His current work looks at resilience, global governance and International Relations theoryJ. Allister McGregor is Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield, UK.  He was Director of the UK ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries (WeD) and was co-author/editor of Wellbeing in Developing Countries: From Theory to Research. He has written extensively on a social conception of wellbeing for academic and policy audiences.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Wellbeing.- 3. Resilience.- 4. Sustainability.- 5. Conclusion: A New trinity of Governance?