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Explores why contemporary Anglo-American society is obsessed with happiness. Striving to be happy is now a morally imperative pursuit. Through the lens of novel social theory, this book explicates how this has transpired as consequence of a complex 'conspiracy of coordination' between political, organisational and psychological developments.
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SIMON BURNETT has worked for both Lancaster University and Working Families, the UK's leading work-life balance charity. He has published research for academic and corporate audiences on: well-being, flexibility, health, gender, parenthood and families. This is his first book.
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Book Title: The Happiness Agenda
Book Subtitle: A Modern Obsession
Authors: Simon Burnett
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230348417
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-28956-7Published: 22 November 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-33102-4Published: 22 November 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-34841-7Published: 22 November 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 180
Topics: Human Resource Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Behavioral/Experimental Economics, Sociology, general, Industrial and Organizational Psychology