Happiness and public policy: theory, case studies and implications/ (Record no. 146389)
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| fixed length control field | 00378nam a2200133Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0230004970 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780230004979 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 320 |
| Item number | NG/H |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Happiness and public policy: theory, case studies and implications/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | edited by Yew-Kwang Ng and Lok Sang Ho |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Palgrave Macmillan, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 260 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction : Happiness as the only ultimate objective of public policy / Yew-Kwang Ng and Lok Sang Ho --<br/>Quality-of-life in the modern society measured with happy life years / Ruut Veenhoven --<br/>"The 'three happinesses' and public policy" / Lok Sang Ho --<br/>Internal and external determinants of subjective well-being : review and policy implications / Ulrich Schimmack --<br/>Economics and happiness research : insights from Austrian and public choice economics / Christopher J. Coyne and Peter J. Boettke --<br/>Do cigarette taxes make smokers happier? / Jonathan Gruber and Sendhil Mullainathan --<br/>Happiness and the pursuit of a life worth living : an anthropological approach / Gordon Mathews --<br/>Psychological approaches to the relationship between happiness and public policy in P.R. China / Kan Shi [and others] --<br/>Happiness and development : public policy initiatives in the kingdom of Bhutan / Vijay Kumar Shrotryia --<br/>An exploratory study of resilience among Hong Kong employees : ways to happiness / Oi-ling Siu [and others] --<br/>Fun, fervour or fitness? Sporting cultures and happiness / Brian Bridges --<br/>Public policy implications of behavioural economics and happiness studies / Yew-Kwang Ng |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Political planning |
| General subdivision | Case studies |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Happiness |
| General subdivision | Case studies |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ng, Yew-Kwang, ed. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ho, Lok Sang, ed. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University (Yangang Campus) | General Book Section | 28/08/2016 | 320 NG,/H | P01016 | 13/07/2018 | 13/07/2018 | General Books |