Public Happiness

Public Happiness
Author: Seung Jong Lee
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2021-11-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030896439

We all strive for personal happiness in one way or another, but what about public happiness? What does public happiness mean and what role can governments and public policies play? The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inadequacies of old governance paradigms and even before this pandemic, increasing inequalities and frustration with the old GDP-centric growth paradigm have fueled dissatisfaction with and distrust of governments. This book suggests a new path towards public happiness as a potential solution. The book builds a theory of public happiness as a distinct concept from individual happiness, borrowing especially from Eastern philosophy. It provides an overview of the efforts so far to go “beyond GDP” – including measurement and exploration of the determinants of happiness – and how these efforts have fallen short of expectation. Lastly, the book sketches out what a public happiness policy might look like and identifies the factors of a successful happiness policy.

Happiness, Economics and Public Policy

Happiness, Economics and Public Policy
Author: Helen Johns (M. Sc.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This book contains commentaries by Samuel Brittan and Melanie Powell. In Happiness, Economics and Public Policy, Helen Johns and Paul Ormerod analyse the economic research that underlies politicians' growing preoccupation with measures of 'well-being'. In a lucid and compelling analysis, written for economists and non-economists alike, the authors find that happiness research cannot be used to justify government intervention in the way its proponents suggest.Those who wish governments to take into account measures of well-being when setting policy often point to the fact that increases in income have not led to increases in measured happiness, and thus governments should concentrate on redistribution and improving the quality of life, rather than on allowing people to benefit from economic growth.

Happy

Happy
Author: Cor Wagenaar
Publisher: Nai010 Publishers
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Twenty reporters, architects, town planners travelled Europe looking for icons of public happiness; architecture and town planning to promote public happiness. The public domain as a medium embody promises for a beter future, that point towards ideal, or idealized, ways for people to live in a community. The book focuses on Europe after 1945 and the results from the town planners, historians and sociologists are presented in the form of a travel guide.

The Origins of Happiness

The Origins of Happiness
Author: Andrew E. Clark
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2019-08-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0691196958

A new perspective on life satisfaction and well-being over the life course What makes people happy? The Origins of Happiness seeks to revolutionize how we think about human priorities and to promote public policy changes that are based on what really matters to people. Drawing on a range of evidence using large-scale data from various countries, the authors consider the key factors that affect human well-being, including income, education, employment, family conflict, health, childcare, and crime. The Origins of Happiness offers a groundbreaking new vision for how we might become more healthy, happy, and whole.

The Politics of Happiness

The Politics of Happiness
Author: Derek Bok
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2011-09-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 069115256X

Describes the principal findings of happiness researchers, assesses the strengths and weaknesses of such research, and looks at how governments could use results when formulating policies to improve the lives of citizens.