LEADER 04230nam 22008535 450 001 9910789719203321 005 20200919152122.0 010 $a9780230348417 010 $a1-283-36051-9 010 $a9786613360519 010 $a0-230-34841-6 024 7 $a10.1057/9780230348417 035 $a(CKB)2670000000127707 035 $a(EBL)815859 035 $a(OCoLC)767502935 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000550738 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12204453 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000550738 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10509179 035 $a(PQKB)11142704 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001658588 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16439400 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001658588 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14985413 035 $a(PQKB)11724812 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-230-34841-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC815859 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000127707 100 $a20151210d2012 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Happiness Agenda$b[electronic resource] $eA Modern Obsession /$fby S. Burnett 205 $a1st ed. 2012. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (193 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-349-33102-3 311 $a0-230-28956-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Modern myths; Pursuing happiness; 1 The happy adventures of capital; The culture of capital: an overview; A reflexive complexity; The power of subjects and objects; (Too) fast subjects; The cultural circuits of happiness; 2 A happy policy; An ancient problem, and its modern fix; The utility of happiness; The utility of Utility; Historians repeat each other, history repeats itself; The political need for happiness; 3 Happiness loves company; Theoretical origins; A modern-day assumption; Happy workers? 327 $aChampions of the new human relations4 Positively happy; The Manhattan Project; Principles of positivity; Historical and conceptual origins; A mainstream counter-culture; 5 Happy days; Knowing happiness; The happy death of god; 6 Happiness needs practice; 7 Happy ever after?; References; Index 330 $aExplores why contemporary Anglo-American society is obsessed with happiness. Striving to be happy is now a morally imperative pursuit. Through the lens of novel social theory, this book explicates how this has transpired as consequence of a complex 'conspiracy of coordination' between political, organisational and psychological developments. 606 $aPersonnel management 606 $aLeadership 606 $aBehavioral economics 606 $aSociology 606 $aIndustrial psychology 606 $aHuman Resource Management$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/517000 606 $aBusiness Strategy/Leadership$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/515010 606 $aBehavioral/Experimental Economics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W54000 606 $aSociology, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22000 606 $aIndustrial and Organizational Psychology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20030 615 0$aPersonnel management. 615 0$aLeadership. 615 0$aBehavioral economics. 615 0$aSociology. 615 0$aIndustrial psychology. 615 14$aHuman Resource Management. 615 24$aBusiness Strategy/Leadership. 615 24$aBehavioral/Experimental Economics. 615 24$aSociology, general. 615 24$aIndustrial and Organizational Psychology. 676 $a152.42 676 $a302.1 676 $a302/.1 686 $aBUS085000$aBUS097000$aPSY021000$aSOC026000$2bisacsh 700 $aBurnett$b S$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01577435 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789719203321 996 $aThe Happiness Agenda$93856041 997 $aUNINA