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The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being Derek Bok
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The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being
Derek Bok
How might happiness research affect government policy in the United States - and beyond? This book examines how governments could use the rapidly growing research data on what makes people happy - in a variety of policy areas to increase well-being and improve the quality of life for all their citizens.
272 pages, 6 tables.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 26, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691152561 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 17 mm · 394 g |
| Language | English |
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