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Public Happiness (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022) Loot Price: R3,998
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Public Happiness (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022): Seung Jong Lee

Public Happiness (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)

Seung Jong Lee

Series: Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being

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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.

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Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Series: Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being
Release date: November 2022
First published: 2022
Authors: Seung Jong Lee
Dimensions: 235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 225
Edition: 1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13: 978-3-03-089645-4
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Public administration
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
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LSN: 3-03-089645-5
Barcode: 9783030896454

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