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19 junio 2019

TITLE: Happiness. A Quick Immersion
Author: Benjamin Radcliff and Amitava Krishna Dutt
Volume: 3
Pages: 204
Binding: paperback binding
Closed format: 12,7 x 20,3 cm
Spine: 11,5 mm
Body paper: 90 gr. Offset. White. 1 ink print
Cover: Card 250 gr. Printed to 4 + 0
ISBN: 978-1-949845-04-4
Price: 15.- Euros
Cataloging data:

KCP Economía política
KCA Teoría y filosofía económicas
JPA Ciencias políticas y teoría

About the Series:
Quick Immersions uses intellectual rigor and easy language to offer a good introduction, or deeper knowledge, on diverse
issues, as well-structured texts by prestigious authors delve into the worlds of political and social sciences, philosophy,
science and the humanities.
Book Summary:
This book provides a short immersion to the subject of happiness by examining the scholarly literature on it. Among the
questions it explores are: What is the meaning of happiness? Is it something that it is possible to understand in general
terms, perhaps by distinguishing between different meanings of it, or is it something that is best left to people to define for
themselves as they seek to be happy in their own way? Can happiness and its different meanings be measured and, if so,
how? On what does happiness depend? Does a person’s happiness depend on his or her disposition and individual
circumstances, or does it depend in part on how society is organized and on what the government does? Does money buy
happiness? What kinds of political, economic, social and environmental factors make people and societies happier? What
can people do, either individually or collectively, to become happier?
Biography of the Authors:
Benjamin Radcliff is Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of the book The Political
Economy of Human Happiness, as well as many articles on happiness in academic journals. He is presently the co-editor of
the scholarly journal Political Behavior and an associate editor of the Review of Social Economy.
Amitava Krishna Dutt is Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and Distinguished
Professor at FLACO-Ecuador. He has authored several books and numerous papers on happiness, economic growth,
inequality and development in academic journals. He is co-editor of the journals Review of Social Economy and
Metroeconomica.