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The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies

Author : Robert Edwards Lane
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300091069
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies written by Robert Edwards Lane and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the fact that citizens of advanced market democracies are satisfied with their material progress, many are haunted by a spirit of unhappiness. There is evidence of a rising tide of clinical depression in most advanced societies, and in the United States studies have documented a decline in the number of people who regard themselves as happy. Although our political and economic systems are based on the utilitarian philosophy of happiness--the greatest good for the greatest number--they seem to have contributed to our dissatisfaction with life. This book investigates why this is so. Drawing on extensive research in such fields as quality of life, economics, politics, sociology, psychology, and biology, Robert E. Lane presents a challenging thesis. He shows that the main sources of well-being in advanced economies are friendships and a good family life and that, once one is beyond the poverty level, a larger income contributes almost nothing to happiness. In fact, as prosperity increases, there is a tragic erosion of family solidarity and community integration, and individuals become more and more distrustful of each other and their political institutions. Lane urges that we alter our priorities so that we increase our levels of companionship even at the risk of reducing our income.

The New Challenge to Market Democracies

Author : William A. Galston
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815726635
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book The New Challenge to Market Democracies written by William A. Galston and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Galston explores the difficulties market democracies face in an era of diminished growth and a weakened middle class. Galston argues that if the West fails to address economic stagnation, other domestic and foreign policy issues will prove intractable.

Modern Developments in Behavioral Economics

Author : John Malcolm Dowling
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9812701435
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book Modern Developments in Behavioral Economics written by John Malcolm Dowling and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2007 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the field of behavioral economics and provides insights into the following questions: ? Does utility bring happiness?? How do emotions and personal perspectives color our economic decisions?? How do altruism, trust, fairness and justice come into play in game theory?? Why are some organizations so successful in implementing their objectives?? Can advances in neuroeconomics unlock the secrets of how decisions are made?The book looks at decision making and behavior from the point of view of (i) individual behavior and choice; (ii) group and interactive choice; and (iii) collective choices and decision making. In particular, it covers the following aspects: instances when bounded rationality leads to decisions inconsistent with standard economic assumptions; risk and the processes by which investors and consumers make decisions; altruistic and cooperative behavior as alternatives to competition; game theory as a way to explore motives of cooperation versus competition; the determinants of happiness and the relationship between utility and well-being; the concept of social capital, including motivations for charity and being a responsible citizen; how trust and fairness relate to economic actions and the motivation to cooperate rather than compete; behavior such as crime, corruption and bribery from ethical, social and economic viewpoints; and, finally, the decision making process of collective choice and how societies develop rules for governing themselves.This is the first book to bridge economics, psychology, sociology and political sciences and explain the nuanced subtleties of decision making.

The Political Economy of Human Happiness

Author : Benjamin Radcliff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107030846
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Human Happiness written by Benjamin Radcliff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-25 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data, methods and theories of contemporary social science can be applied to resolve how political outcomes in democratic societies determine the quality of life that citizens experience. Radcliff seeks to provide an objective answer to the debate between left and right over what public policies best contribute to people leading positive and rewarding lives. Radcliff offers an empirical answer, relying on the same canons of reason and evidence required of any other issue amenable to study through social-scientific means. The analysis focuses on the consequences of three specific political issues: the welfare state and the general size of government, labor organization, and state efforts to protect workers and consumers through economic regulation. The results indicate that in each instance, the program of the Left best contributes to citizens leading more satisfying lives and, critically, that the benefits of greater happiness accrue to everyone in society, rich and poor alike.

The Politics of Happiness

Author : Derek Bok
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069115256X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Happiness written by Derek Bok and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Pluralism, Democracy and Political Knowledge

Author : Hans Blokland
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317079574
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Pluralism, Democracy and Political Knowledge written by Hans Blokland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political discontent or malaise that typifies most modern democracies is mainly caused by the widely shared feeling that the political freedom of citizens to influence the development of their society and, related to this, their personal life, has become rather limited. We can only address this discontent when we rehabilitate politics, the deliberate, joint effort to give direction to society and to make the best of ourselves. In Pluralism, Democracy and Political Knowledge, Hans Blokland examines this challenge via a critical appraisal of the pluralist conception of politics and democracy. This conception was formulated by, above all, Robert A. Dahl, one of the most important political scholars and democratic theorists of the last half century. Taking his work as the point of reference, this book not only provides an illuminating history of political science, told via Dahl and his critics, it also offers a revealing analysis as to what progress we have made in our thinking on pluralism and democracy, and what progress we could make, given the epistemological constraints of the social sciences. Above and beyond this, the development and the problems of pluralism and democracy are explored in the context of the process of modernization. The author specifically discusses the extent to which individualization, differentiation and rationalization contribute to the current political malaise in those countries which adhere to a pluralist political system.

The Crosland Legacy

Author : Diamond, Patrick
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447324749
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book The Crosland Legacy written by Diamond, Patrick and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Crosland bequeathed a significant intellectual legacy to the Labour Party including his celebrated treatise The Future of Socialism published sixty years ago. In this timely book, Patrick Diamond argues that Crosland continues to serve as a vital reference point for today’s Labour Party. He considers a wide range of Crosland’s writings on the economy and politics, relating his ideas to ideological debates taking place within the Labour Party about egalitarian social democracy, electoral strategy, the European question, and the importance of progressive liberalism on the British centre-left. This is the first substantial work to fully consider Crosland’s legacy for British social democracy. Written in a clear and persuasive way, it will appeal to a broad audience of thinkers and activists with an interest in the history of the Labour Party and the British Left.

American Political Scientists

Author : Glenn H. Utter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313015767
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book American Political Scientists written by Glenn H. Utter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-10-30 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary offers the only comprehensive collection of profiles of American political scientists, each of whom contributed significantly to the intellectual development of American political science from its beginnings in the late-19th century to the present. This second edition includes 22 new and 110 revised entries, reflecting new scholarship that emerged during the 1990s. Numerous experts helped the editors develop this consensus group of the 193 political scientists who have made the most important theoretical contributions over the years, with attention to varied approaches and the different subfields. Alphabetically arranged entries focus on the main ideas and major works by each scholar, listing list the most important publications by and about the individual. There are numerous cross-references to show how the work of one scholar has influenced another in the discipline. Appendices list the political scientists by degree-granting institutions and by major fields. A short bibliography points to important general readings about the profession. A general index makes this major reference easily accessible for broad interdisciplinary research.

Fair Governance

Author : Francis H. Buckley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195341260
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Fair Governance written by Francis H. Buckley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paternalism and perfectionism -- Hierarchic paternalism -- Cognitive paternalism -- Akrasia -- Information costs -- Happiness -- Endogenous preferences -- Private perfectionism -- Social perfectionism -- An extension : nationalism.

Happiness Around the World

Author : Carol Graham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199606285
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Happiness Around the World written by Carol Graham and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book reviews the theory and concepts of happiness, explaining how these concepts underpin a line of research that is both an attempt to understand the determinants of happiness and a tool for understanding the effects of a host of phenomena on human well being.

Russia's Policy Challenges: Security, Stability and Development

Author : Stephen K. Wegren
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315498448
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Russia's Policy Challenges: Security, Stability and Development written by Stephen K. Wegren and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for use in courses on contemporary Russia, this volume explores Russia's policy dilemmas in three realms: international security, socio-political, and socio-economic. In each of these categories, Russia faces daunting problems, none of which is likely to be resolved quickly or easily. Yet, over the longer term, the extent to which policymakers are successful in dealing with these challenges will go far in determining Russia's future place in the world, how Russians will live, and what kind of country Russia becomes. Each expertly authored chapter outlines the nature of one major issue; traces it evolution and policy developments under the Yeltsin and Putin presidencies; and evaluates the effectiveness and prospects of efforts to come to grips with the challenge.

Humanistic Marketing

Author : R. Varey
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137353295
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Humanistic Marketing written by R. Varey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanistic Marketing is a response to the currently growing mega-trend call for rethinking marketing. The book organizes current thinking around the problems of marketing theory and practice as well as solutions and ways forward, providing a diverse exploration of the position of marketing in the face of challenges for societal transformation.

Constitutional Democracy

Author : Walter F. Murphy
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801884702
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Constitutional Democracy written by Walter F. Murphy and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Happiness and Public Policy

Author : Lok Sang Ho
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230288022
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Happiness and Public Policy written by Lok Sang Ho and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-08-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Happiness is a private matter and individual pursuit; however, public policy does have an important role and can contribute much through various enabling means. This volume discusses the determinants of happiness and presents case studies of how public policy can help promote happiness.

Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole

Author : Benjamin R. Barber
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393070392
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole written by Benjamin R. Barber and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-03-17 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Powerful and disturbing. No one who cares about the future of our public life can afford to ignore this book." —Jackson Lears A powerful sequel to Benjamin R. Barber's best-selling Jihad vs. McWorld, Consumed offers a vivid portrait of an overproducing global economy that targets children as consumers in a market where there are never enough shoppers and where the primary goal is no longer to manufacture goods but needs. To explain how and why this has come about, Barber brings together extensive empirical research with an original theoretical framework for understanding our contemporary predicament. He asserts that in place of the Protestant ethic once associated with capitalism—encouraging self-restraint, preparing for the future, protecting and self-sacrificing for children and community, and other characteristics of adulthood—we are constantly being seduced into an "infantilist" ethic of consumption.

An Intellectual in Public

Author : Alan Wolfe
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472024272
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book An Intellectual in Public written by Alan Wolfe and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new collection of essays from one of the most courageous and honest thinkers writing today "The question of the public intellectual is very much in the air again," writes Alan Wolfe. As one of our eminent social commentators, Wolfe should know; he's been writing, with fierce intellectual independence, about American public and private life since the 1960s. In this new collection of essays spanning seven years of contributions to The New Republic, The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, and other prominent publications, Wolfe displays the courage necessary to write honestly—yet free of ideology, cant, and piety—about the things Americans take very seriously. Wolfe thinks big; indeed, the essays in An Intellectual in Public confront many of the most controversial issues of our time: country, God, race, sex, material consumption, and left and right. Beginning and ending the book are original essays describing the public intellectual's role, and how Wolfe believes that role ought to be filled. An Intellectual in Public is not only a demonstration of Wolfe's pointed analytical skills but a testament to his belief that "severely ideological thinking" is inappropriate for some of our most difficult problems, and that "neither the right nor the left can speak for all of America." Alan Wolfe is the director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life and also Professor of Political Science at Boston College. He is the author of over a dozen books, including One Nation After All: What Middle Class Americans Really Think About: God, Country, Family, Racism, Welfare, Immigration, Homosexuality, Work, the Right, the Left and Each Other.

Struggling for the Soul of Our Country

Author : Preston M. Browning
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498209947
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Struggling for the Soul of Our Country written by Preston M. Browning and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Struggling for the Soul of Our Country is a book in search of answers: what does it mean to struggle for the soul of a country and how does the life of citizenship influence our common future? While discussing major cultural and political issues, Browning addresses the deeper questions haunting many of our citizens and reflects upon the spiritual dimension of the crises America faces today. With titles such as "American Global Hegemony vs. the Quest for a New Humanity," "Why I Am a Christian Socialist," and "American Dystopia" these essays examine aspects of American political and cultural life in an effort to shed light on the pathologies that Browning claims undermine the health of the country's soul. This book invites the reader to examine the development of America as a militaristic empire, initiating multiple wars abroad, including a disastrous war in Iraq, and fostering at home a culture of violence that led to the assassination of an American president, John F. Kennedy, by agents of the US government.