The politics of happiness : what government can learn from the new research on well-being / Derek Bok.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2010], ©2010.

viii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What investigators have discovered -- The reliability of research on happiness -- Should policy-makers use happiness research? -- The question of growth -- What to do about inequality -- The threat of financial hardship -- Relieving suffering -- Marriages and families -- Education -- The quality of government -- The significance of happiness research.