Policies for Happiness
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 10 March 2016
- ISBN 9780198758730
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages304 pages
- Size 235x162x22 mm
- Weight 584 g
- Language English
- Illustrations Figures and Tables 0
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Short description:
This volume analyses the use of happiness studies for policy purposes and determines whether the current state of research permits the identification of possible goals for happiness policies.
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In recent years, debates on the economics of happiness have shown that, over the long-term, well-being is influenced more by social and personal relationships than by income. This evidence challenges the traditional economic policy paradigm that has emphasized income as the primary determinant of well-being.
This volume brings together contributions from leading scholars to ask: What should be done to improve the quality of people's lives? Can economic and social changes be made which enhance well-being? What policies are required? How do policies for well-being differ from traditional ones targeted on redistribution, the correction of market inefficiencies, and growth? Are there dimensions of well-being that have been neglected by traditional policies? Is happiness a meaningful policy target?
The volume presents reflections and proposals which constitute a first step towards answering these questions.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part 1. Should Happiness Research Be Taken Seriously For Policy-Making Purposes?
Policy Consequences of Happiness Research
Is Happiness A Matter For Governments? A Millian perspective on Richard Layard's 'New Science'
Comment on 'Is Happiness A Matter For Governments?' by Robert Sugden and Joshua Chen-Yuan Teng
Happiness, Habits and High Rank: Comparisons in Economic and Social Life
Adaptation Amidst Prosperity and Adversity: Insights from Happiness Studies from Around the World
Part 2. Which Policies, since Happiness Research has to be taken Seriously? Targeting Social Capital, Values, and Education
Materialistic Values and Well-being: Problems and Policy
Life Satisfaction and Quality of Development
Social Capital Predicts Happiness Over Time: World-Wide Evidence Form Time Series
Promoting Trust through Institutional Design
Why Policies for Children, Early Education, and Culture? Drawing on Scitovsky's Thought
Part 3. From the Past to the Present
Civil Economy: The Paradigm and its Historical Roots
Public Happiness And Relational Goods: That Crucial Link that Economics and Policy often Forget
