LEADER 04703nam 2200829Ia 450 001 9910780861103321 005 20230207231011.0 010 $a1-282-45875-2 010 $a9786612458750 010 $a1-4008-3219-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400832194 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007017 035 $a(EBL)483530 035 $a(OCoLC)647874761 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000440953 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11314906 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000440953 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10492645 035 $a(PQKB)10352428 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000592606 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12185764 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000592606 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10736397 035 $a(PQKB)11607686 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC483530 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43080 035 $a(DE-B1597)453701 035 $a(OCoLC)979758064 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400832194 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL483530 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364758 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL245875 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007017 100 $a20090727d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of happiness$b[electronic resource] $ewhat government can learn from the new research on well-being /$fDerek Bok 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-691-15256-X 311 $a0-691-14489-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $t1. What Investigators Have Discovered -- $t2. The Reliability of Research on Happiness -- $t3. Should Policy-Makers Use Happiness Research? -- $t4. The Question of Growth -- $t5. What to Do about Inequality -- $t6. The Threat of Financial Hardship -- $t7. Relieving Suffering -- $t8. Marriages and Families -- $t9. Education -- $t10. The Quality of Government -- $t11. The Significance of Happiness Research -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aDuring the past forty years, thousands of studies have been carried out on the subject of happiness. Some have explored the levels of happiness or dissatisfaction associated with typical daily activities, such as working, seeing friends, or doing household chores. Others have tried to determine the extent to which income, family, religion, and other factors are associated with the satisfaction people feel about their lives. The Gallup organization has begun conducting global surveys of happiness, and several countries are considering publishing periodic reports on the growth or decline of happiness among their people. One nation, tiny Bhutan, has actually made "Gross National Happiness" the central aim of its domestic policy. How might happiness research affect government policy in the United States--and beyond? In The Politics of Happiness, former Harvard president Derek Bok examines how governments could use the rapidly growing research data on what makes people happy--in a variety of policy areas to increase well-being and improve the quality of life for all their citizens. Bok first describes the principal findings of happiness researchers. He considers how reliable the results appear to be and whether they deserve to be taken into account in devising government policies. Recognizing both the strengths and weaknesses of happiness research, Bok looks at the policy implications for economic growth, equality, retirement, unemployment, health care, mental health, family programs, education, and government quality, among other subjects. Timely and incisive, The Politics of Happiness sheds new light on what makes people happy and how government policy could foster greater satisfaction for all. 606 $aWell-being$zUnited States 606 $aWell-being$xResearch$zUnited States 606 $aQuality of life$zUnited States 606 $aQuality of life$xResearch$zUnited States 606 $aHappiness$zUnited States 606 $aHappiness$xResearch$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial policy$y1993- 615 0$aWell-being 615 0$aWell-being$xResearch 615 0$aQuality of life 615 0$aQuality of life$xResearch 615 0$aHappiness 615 0$aHappiness$xResearch 676 $a306.0973 686 $aCW 6760$2rvk 700 $aBok$b Derek Curtis$0302035 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780861103321 996 $aThe politics of happiness$93735307 997 $aUNINA