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Redistributing happiness, how social policies shape life satisfaction, Hiroshi Ono and Kristen Schultz Lee

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Redistributing happiness, how social policies shape life satisfaction, Hiroshi Ono and Kristen Schultz Lee

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Redistributing happiness

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

953635845

Responsibility statement

Hiroshi Ono and Kristen Schultz Lee

Sub title

how social policies shape life satisfaction

Summary

"Explores the factors that determine "life satisfaction" and demonstrate how an individual's happiness is largely shaped by social context--by where they live and local policies, norms and attitudes about religious beliefs, economic and political security, income redistribution, and more." --publisher description

Table Of Contents

Introduction : The science of happiness -- A happy person -- Happiness is: social context -- Marriage and happiness in the United States and Japan -- A happy couple -- The (re)distribution of happiness -- An unhappy person -- Unhappiness in post-communist societies -- Conclusions -- Appendix: technical analyses

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