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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Happiness as the Only Ultimate Objective of Public Policy
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A Historical Overview of the State of Well-Being of Humanity
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Determinants and Origins of Happiness: The Conceptual Framework
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Area and Policy Case Studies
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Implications and Conclusions
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Back Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Nanyang University, Singapore
Yew-Kwang Ng
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Centre for Public Policy Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Lok Sang Ho
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Happiness and Public Policy
Book Subtitle: Theory, Case Studies and Implications
Editors: Yew-Kwang Ng, Lok Sang Ho
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230288027
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00497-9Published: 25 August 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28802-7Published: 25 August 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 260
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Microeconomics, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Care, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Public Policy