In pursuit :

Murray, Charles A.

In pursuit : of happiness and good government / Charles Murray. - 1 online resource (329 pages) : illustration

Reprint edition, originally published in New York by Simon & Schuster, 1988.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-295) and index.

Measuring success in social policy -- Coming to terms with happiness -- Enabling conditions and thresholds -- Material resources -- Safety -- Dignity, self-esteem, and self-respect -- Enjoyment, self-actualization, and intrinsic rewards -- Policy and an idea of man -- Asking a new question, getting new answers: evaluating results -- Asking a new question, getting new answers: designing solutions -- Searching for solutions that work: changing the metaphor -- Little platoons -- "To close the circle of our felicities".

9781614879084 (e-book)


Happiness.


United States--Social policy--1980-1993.


Electronic books.

HN65 / .M87 2013

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