Economics and Happiness Framing the Analysis

Bys: Bruni, Luigino and Porta, Pier Luigi

Book Overview

The set of papers collected in this volume aims to provide an overview of happiness studies to date, with a special emphasis on its relationship with economic thought. This volume discusses the state of the art and the main strands and contributions to the "economics of happiness", as a sub-discipline related to political economy. However, the main thrust of the volume is in focuses on the relationship between happiness studies and economics. Moreover, this volume makes a specific contribution in highlighting the comparative role and influence in the subjectivist approach vis- -vis the objectivist approach to human happiness in the current literature in the field.

The ambition of this book is to present the reader with a conceptual framework for a critical understanding of happiness studies and its relationship with economics. While the economic perspective is central, the focus here is on economics and happiness rather than the economics of happiness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199215235
• ISBN13: 9780199215232
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"