The politics of happiness : what government can learn from the new research on well-being / Derek Bok.

  • Bok, Derek Curtis.
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[2010], ©2010
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2010], ©2010.

Physical description

viii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

What investigators have discovered -- The reliability of research on happiness -- Should policy-makers use happiness research? -- The question of growth -- What to do about inequality -- The threat of financial hardship -- Relieving suffering -- Marriages and families -- Education -- The quality of government -- The significance of happiness research.

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    HN60 2010B63p
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  • 9780691144894
  • 0691144893