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The political economy of human happiness : how voters' choices determine the quality of life / Benjamin Radcliff, University of Notre Dame

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013

1 Online-Ressource (viii, 205 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Englisch

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

978-1-139-34437-1 ( : ebook)

978-1-107-03084-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-107-64442-7 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe)

OCoLC: 874340780     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/CBO9781139344371

HB846.8

302/.13072     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Right and left (Political science) ; Quality of life ; Social choice

Social choice ; Quality of life ; Right and left (Political science)

Data, methods and theories of contemporary social science can be applied to resolve how political outcomes in democratic societies determine the quality of life that citizens experience. Radcliff seeks to provide an objective answer to the debate between left and right over what public policies best contribute to people leading positive and rewarding lives. Radcliff offers an empirical answer, relying on the same canons of reason and evidence required of any other issue amenable to study through social-scientific means. The analysis focuses on the consequences of three specific political issues: the welfare state and the general size of government, labor organization, and state efforts to protect workers and consumers through economic regulation. The results indicate that in each instance, the program of the Left best contributes to citizens leading more satisfying lives and, critically, that the benefits of greater happiness accrue to everyone in society, rich and poor alike

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Machine generated contents note: 1. The democratic pursuit of happiness; 2. Market democracy; 3. Citizens or market participants?; 4. The scientific study of happiness; 5. The size of the state; 6. Labor unions and economic regulation; 7. The American states; 8. Between market and morality