Preface: on happiness, rationality and empathy in scholarship and policy

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of tables and boxes vi
4. About the author vii
5. Acknowledgements viii
6. Preface: on happiness, rationality and empathy in scholarship and policy ix
7. Happiness in policy discourse and research
8. Introduction: prosperity debates and the happiness lens 3
9. What really matters: concepts, evaluations and objections 33
10. Effects of happiness (and unhappiness) 49
11. Thinking ourselves happy: on the policy relevance of both subjectivity and objectivity 59
12. Who makes happiness happen? On emotion work and psychosocial contagion 69
13. Governance and responsibility: towards the eudaimonic state? 81
14. Assessing happiness: measurement and beyond 91
15. Correlations and causal theories 107
16. Social happiness in policy and practice
17. Love: fighting philophobia around the world 119
18. The shape of good hope: cultivating reasonable aspirations 135
19. Positive parenting and cheerful childlessness 149
20. Schooling for joy 165
21. New gender agendas: feel-good feminism for fun and fulfilment 183
22. Working for happiness, happily working, and work–life harmony 195
23. Shopping for happiness: corporate happwash and consumption ethics 211
24. Geronto-eudaimonics: late-life thriving for all 223
25. Conclusions: review and prospects 235
26. References 247
27. Index 293