Dedication

pp iii-iv

Contents

pp v-v

List of tables and boxes

pp vi-vi

About the author

pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements

pp viii-viii

Preface

pp ix-xvi

Part One - Happiness in policy discourse and research

pp 1-2

one - Introduction: prosperity debates and the happiness lens

pp 3-32

two - What really matters: concepts, evaluations and objections

pp 33-48

three - Effects of happiness (and unhappiness)

pp 49-58

four - Thinking ourselves happy: on the policy relevance of both subjectivity and objectivity

pp 59-68

five - Who makes happiness happen? On emotion work and psychosocial contagion

pp 69-80

six - Governance and responsibility: towards the eudaimonic state?

pp 81-90

seven - Assessing happiness: measurement and beyond

pp 91-106

eight - Correlations and causal theories

pp 107-116

Part Two - Social happiness in policy and practice

pp 117-118

Nine - Love: fighting philophobia around the world

pp 119-134

ten - The shape of good hope: cultivating reasonable aspirations

pp 135-148

eleven - Positive parenting and cheerful childlessness

pp 149-164

twelve - Schooling for joy

pp 165-182

thirteen - New gender agendas: feel-good feminism for fun and fulfilment

pp 183-194

fourteen - Working for happiness, happily working, and work–life harmony

pp 195-210

fifteen - Shopping for happiness: corporate happwash and consumption ethics

pp 211-222

sixteen - Geronto-eudaimonics: late-life thriving for all

pp 223-234

seventeen - Conclusions: review and prospects

pp 235-246

References

pp 247-292

Index

pp 293-302