The politics of happiness
Subtitle: what government can learn from the new research on well-being
By: Derek Bok.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780691144894
Subjects: Well-being -- United States; Well-being -- Research -- United States; Quality of life -- United States; Quality of life -- Research -- United States; Happiness -- United States; Happiness -- Research -- United States; United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What investigators have discovered; title: The reliability of research on happiness; title: How relevant is happiness research to government officials?; title: The ambiguities of growth; title: What to do about inequality; title: The threat of financial hardship; title: Relieving suffering; title: Marriages and families; title: Education; title: The quality of government; title: The significance of happiness research.