Governing Human Well-Being

This book provides a comprehensive explanation of humanwell-being outcomes by analyzing the role of domestic and international politicalfactors. The well-beingoutcomes under study are the building blocks of development, and play acrucial developmental role in the lives of citizens, states, and the global community.The project introduces cases from Brazil, Japan, China, and Iraq, andproposes to answer some of the pressing questions that scholars andpolicy-makers alike have pondered over for years. Why are there largedisparities between countries in the quality of life people lead? What factors accountfor the general well-being of mankind? How do we improve human lives?