Happiness Around the World

Happiness Around the World

Autor:
Carol Graham, Carol Graham
The book reviews the theory and concepts of happiness, explaining how these concepts underpin a line of research that is both an attempt to understand the determinants of happiness and a tool for understanding the effects of a host of phenomena on human well being.
124,30 zł
Data wydania:
2012
Czas dostawy:
30 dni
Wydawnictwo:
Oxford University Press
Liczba stron:
268
Forma publikacji:
książka w miękkiej oprawie
Język:
Angielski
Wydanie:
ISBN:
9780199606283
Kategorie:
Klasy społeczne
The book reviews the theory and concepts of happiness, explaining how these concepts underpin a line of research that is both an attempt to understand the determinants of happiness and a tool for understanding the effects of a host of phenomena on human well being.

Introduction - Why Study Happiness? ; 1. The Economics of Happiness ; 2. The Happiness and Income Debate: Substance, Methodology, and the Easterlin Paradox ; 3. The Determinants of Happiness around the World ; 4. Does Happiness Matter? ; 5. Happiness and Health across Countries and Cultures ; 6. Economic Growth, Crises, Inequality, and More ; 7. Adapting to Good and Bad Fortune: How Friends, Freedom, Crime, and Corruption affect Happiness ; 8. Happiness around the World: Lessons - and Questions - for Policy