Rethinking development
Subtitle: Proceedings of Second International Conference on Gross National Happiness.
By: 2nd International Seminar on Operationalization of Gross National Happiness (2005)  at St. Francis Xavier University
Contributors: Centre for Bhutan Studies (ed).
Publisher: Centre for Bhutan Studies
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Thimphu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Quality of life -- Bhutan -- Congresses; Buddhism -- Social aspects -- Bhutan -- Congresses; Bhutan -- Economic conditions -- Congresses; Bhutan -- Economic policy -- Congresses; GNH - Gross National Happiness
Genres: Proceedings
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Contents -- vii; title: Acknowledgements -- ix; title: Introduction - Mark Mancall -- xi; title: Opening Address -- 1; title: What is Gross National Happiness?  - Jigmi Y. Thinley - 3; title: Governance as the Key to Gross National Happiness -	John Ralston Saul -12; title: How Should Happiness Guide Policy?  -	Johannes Hirata - 31; title: Assessing the Full Cost of Energy in Nova Scotia: A GPI Atlantic Approach  - Ryan Parmenter, Seth Cain & Judith Lipp - 47; title: The Myth Behind Alcohol Happiness - Chencho Dorji -64; title: The Bhutanese Media: In the Service of the Public --Kinley Dorji & Siok Sian Pek - 78; title: Planning for Sustainable Happiness -	Catherine O'Brien -97; title: Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region - Francisco Vander Hoff Boersma -112; title: Responsibility in the Private Sector -- Ray Andersen  - 144; title: Principles of Polyface Farm --Joel Salatin -158; title: Social Enterprise Models as Key Drivers for Community-based Agriculture -- Farouk Jiwa -- 161; title: The University As An Instrument of Gross National Happiness -- Thakur S Powdyel -- 166; title: Barefoot College: Its Experience	-- Sanjit Bunker Roy -- 183; title: Community Currencies and Sustainable Consumption -- Gill Seyfang -- 186; title: The Positive Impact of the Gomchen Tradition on Achieving and Maintaining Gross National Happiness -- Khenpo Phuntsok Tashi -- 211; title: Happiness and Indigenous Wisdom in the History of the Americas 	-- Frank Bracho -- 242; title: Folktales and Education: The Role of Bhutanese Folktales in Value Transmission -- Dorji Penjore -- 258; title: Our View of Development 	-- Ela Ramesh Bhatt -- 278; title: What is Sustainable and What is Not? -- Holly Dressel -- 281; title: Economic Possibilities for Our Grand Children: Progress and Orospects after 75 years -- John Stutz -- 286