Policies for happiness /
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2016] ©2016 |
| Description: | xi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10752423 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I. Should Happiness Research Be Taken Seriously for Policy-Making Purposes?
- 1. Policy Consequences of Happiness Research
- 2. Is Happiness a Matter for Governments? A Millian Perspective on Richard Lavard's "New Science"
- 3. Comment on Sugden and Teng
- 4. Happiness, Habits, and High Rank; Comparisons in Economic and Social Life
- 5. Adaptation amidst Prosperity and Adversity: Insights from Happiness Studies from around the World
- Part II. Which Policies, since Happiness Research Has to be Taken Seriously? Targeting Social Capital, Values, and Education
- 6. Materialistic Values and Well-being: Problems and Policy
- 7. Life Satisfaction and Quality of Development
- 8. Social Capital Predicts Happiness Over Time: World-Wide Evidence from Time Series
- 9. Promoting Trust through Institutional Design
- 10. Why Policies for Children, Early Education, and Culture? Drawing on Scitovsky's Thought
- Part III. From the Past to the Present
- 11. Civil Economy: The Paradigm and its Historical Roots
- 12. Public Happiness and Relational Goods: That Crucial Link that Economics and Policy Often Forget
- Index