For those already drawn by the allure of happiness studies, Dutt and Radcliff here provide a rich tour of the frontier in the field. And for curmudgeons, this w
Data, methods and theories of contemporary social science can be applied to resolve how political outcomes in democratic societies determine the quality of life
There is a lot of attention for happiness, but there is also a lot of confusion, about the concept and the nature of happiness. This book wants to reduce this c
Describes the principal findings of happiness researchers, assesses the strengths and weaknesses of such research, and looks at how governments could use result
Curiously, economists, whose discipline has much to do with human well-being, have shied away from factoring the study of happiness into their work. Happiness,