This book explores the relationship between quality of life, policy, and political behavior. Using carefully collected, granular data, the authors create a meas

Data, methods and theories of contemporary social science can be applied to resolve how political outcomes in democratic societies determine the quality of life

2009 Association of American University Presses Award for Jacket Design In the 1990s, improving the quality of life became a primary focus and a popular catchph

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free P

Describes the principal findings of happiness researchers, assesses the strengths and weaknesses of such research, and looks at how governments could use result