Happiness, Economics and Politics

Towards a Multi-Disciplinary Approach

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

AvAmitava Krishna Dutt,Benjamin Radcliff

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This timely and important book presents a unique study of happiness from both economic and political perspectives. It offers an overview of contemporary research on the emergent field of happiness studies and contains contributions by some of the leading figures in the field.General issues such as the history and conceptualization of happiness are explored, and the underpinning theories and empirics analyzed. The ways in which economic and political factors - both separately and interactively - affect the quality of human life are examined, illustrating the importance of a self-consciously multi-disciplinary approach to the field. In particular, the effects of consumption, income growth, inequality, discrimination, democracy, the nature of government policies, and labor organization on happiness are scrutinized. In conclusion, the contributors prescribe what can and should be done at individual and societal levels to improve human well-being and happiness.This wide-ranging and interdisciplinary book makes a unique contribution to the literature. As such, it will prove a fascinating read for students and scholars of economics, political science, psychology, sociology, and of course, to those with a special interest in the analysis of happiness and human well-being.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-10-30
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781848440937

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Contents:PrefaceIntroduction: Happiness, Economics and Politics Amitava Krishna Dutt and Benjamin RadcliffPART I: HAPPINESS1. The History of Happiness and Contemporary Happiness StudiesDarrin M. McMahon2. On the Measurement and Mismeasurement of Happiness: Contemporary Theories and Methodological DirectionsAnthony D. Ong3. How Do We Assess How Happy We Are? Tenets, Implications and Tenability of Three TheoriesRuut Veenhoven4. Happiness and Domain Satisfaction: New Directions for the Economics of HappinessRichard A. Easterlin and Onnicha SawangfaPART II: HAPPINESS AND ECONOMICS5. Happiness when Temptation Overwhelms WillpowerAlois Stutzer 6. Happiness and the Relative Consumption HypothesisAmitava Krishna Dutt7. The Easterlin Paradox RevisitedRobert H. Frank8. Does Inequality Matter to Individual Welfare? An Initial Exploration Based on Happiness Surveys from Latin AmericaCarol Graham and Andrew Felton9. Perceptions of Discrimination, Effort to Obtain Psychological Balance and Relative Wages: Can we Infer a Happiness Gradient?Arthur GoldsmithPART III: HAPPINESS AND POLITICS10. Politics and Happiness: An Empirical LedgerAlexander C. Pacek11. Democracy and Happiness: What Causes What?Ronald Inglehart12. The Causal Link between Happiness and Democratic Welfare RegimesCharlotte Ridge, Tom Rice and Matthew Cherry13. Labor Organization and the Quality of Life in the American StatesSuzanne M. Coshow and Benjamin RadcliffPART IV: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?14. Should National Happiness be Maximized?Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer15. Change your Actions, Not Your Circumstances: An Experimental Test of the Sustainable Happiness ModelKennon M. Sheldon and Sonja Lyubomirsky16. What is to be Done? Toward a ‘Happier’ WorldAmitava Krishna Dutt and Benjamin RadcliffIndex

'This volume presents a unique and interesting study of happiness from both economic and political perspectives. . . This interdisciplinary volume represents a distinctive contribution to the relatively large and clearly increasing literature of the subject. It will prove a worthy reading for all those, students or researchers, with a special interest in the analysis of happiness and human well-being.'