Politics of Gross National Happiness

This book explores the practices of governance in Bhutan and how they shape the implementation of the country's Gross National Happiness (GNH) development strategy. The author examines whether Bhutan's innovative GNH governance framework successfully navigates competing power dynamics andgenerates the intended human development outcomes of Gross National Happiness. The analysis is structured around acomparison of the implementation of four GNH development policies - tourism, media, farm roads and human/wildlife conflict - andtheir larger implications on power, governance and the human development paradigm in Bhutan and beyond.