Well-being, Values, Culture and Society

Abstract This chapter looks at the relationship between culture and well-being. It introduces how ‘the culture-well-being relationship’ is invoked in advocacy for culture’s role social policy, resting on a philosophical lineage. demonstrates this has been theorised, naturalised popularised to become ‘common sense’ some, while its use policy seen it institutionalised, operationalised, metricised monetised. reviews process through brief survey of cultural asking who decides which—or whose—culture good society from Victorian contemporary value debates. presents increasing presence well-being data story, as well measures national UK Bhutan.