TY - BOOK ID - 14308946 TI - The Exploration of Happiness : Present and Future Perspectives PY - 2013 SN - 9400757018 9400757026 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Sociology & Social History KW - Social Sciences KW - Social Conditions KW - Happiness. KW - Quality of life. KW - Life, Quality of KW - Gladness KW - Social sciences. KW - Philosophy and social sciences. KW - Medical research. KW - Economics. KW - Positive psychology. KW - Social Sciences. KW - Quality of Life Research. KW - Positive Psychology. KW - Economic Systems. KW - Philosophy of the Social Sciences. KW - Economic history KW - Human ecology KW - Life KW - Social history KW - Basic needs KW - Human comfort KW - Social accounting KW - Work-life balance KW - Emotions KW - Cheerfulness KW - Contentment KW - Pleasure KW - Well-being KW - Quality of Life KW - Social sciences KW - Political Economy/Economic Systems. KW - Research. KW - Philosophy. KW - Social philosophy KW - Social theory KW - Economic theory KW - Political economy KW - Economic man KW - Economic policy. KW - Social sciences and philosophy KW - Economic nationalism KW - Economic planning KW - National planning KW - State planning KW - Economics KW - Planning KW - National security KW - Social policy KW - Psychology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14308946 AB - This specially selected collection of landmark work from the Journal of Happiness Studies maps the current contours, and the likely future direction, of research in a field with a fast-rising profile. This volume, which inaugurates a series aiming to explore discrete topics in happiness and wellbeing studies, features selected articles published in the Journal of Happiness Studies during its first decade, which culminated in an ‘impact factor’ in 2011. As the introductory work in the series, it provides readers with a vital overview of the prominent issues, problems and challenges that well-being and happiness research has had to overcome since its appearance on the scientific stage. The journal’s very success evinces both the high scientific quality of the research covered, and the steadily growing interest in a subject that draws responses from a vast range of epistemological aiming points, taking in economics, sociology, psychology, philosophy, education and medicine. The series of volumes following this debut publication will represent a unique contribution to the literature in their multidisciplinary focus on particularized topics. It is reckoned that this will help strengthen cross-disciplinary synergies among authors investigating the same topic, as well as whet the appetite for happiness research among professionals and experts inhabiting a variety of academic domains. This volume addresses the theory of well-being and happiness, the different research approaches now probing their features and components, and the socio-economic and cultural issues that impact on their promotion. . ER -