The Exploration of Happiness: Present and Future Perspectives (Paperback, 2013)

Part I. Individual Well-Being: Theory and Research.- Chapter 1. Introduction; Antonella Delle Fave.-Chapter 2. Objective Eplanations of Individual Well-Being; Jukka Varelius.- Chapter 3. Paradoxes of Happiness; Mike W. Martin.- Chapter 4. Integrating the Diverse Definitions of Happiness: A Time-Sequential Framework; Chu Kim-Prieto; Ed Diener Maya Tamir, Christie Scollon and Marissa Diener.- Chapter 5. Subjective Well-Being, Homeostatically Protected Mood and Depression: A Synthesis; Robert A. Cummins.- Chapter 6. Know Thyself and Become What You Are: A Eudaimonic Approach to Psychological Well-Being; Carol D. Ryff and Burton H. Singer.- Chapter 7. Living Well: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective on Eudaimonia; Richard M. Ryan, Veronika Huta and Edward L. Deci.- Chapter 8. The Multiple Determination of Well-Being: Independent Effects of Positive Traits, Needs, Goals, Selves Social Support and Cultural Context; Kennon M. Sheldon and Tan H. Hoon.- Chapter 9. Orientations to Happiness and Life Satisfaction: The Full Life versus the Empty Life; Christopher Peterson, Nansook Park and Martin E.P. Seligman.- Chapter 10. The Pleasant Life, the Engaged Life, and the Meaningful Life: What about the Balanced Life; M. Joseph Sirgy and Jiyun Wu.- Part II. Cultural and Socio-Economic Issues.- Chapter 11. The Four Qualities of Life; Ruut Veenhoven.- Chapter 12. The Mixed Blessings of Material Progress; Richard Eckersley.- Chapter 13. Searching for Happiness: The Importance of Social Capital; Ambrose Leung, Cheryl Kier, Tak Fung, Linda Fung and Robert Sproule.- Chapter 14. Cultural Constructions of Happiness; Theory and Empirical Evidence; Yukiko Uchida, Vinai Norasakkunkit and Shinobu Kitayama.- Chapter 15. Development as Happiness: The Subjective-Perception of Happiness and UNDP's Analysis of Poverty, Wealth and Development; Jorg Schimmel.-_ Chapter 16. Should Happiness-Maximization be the Goal of Government?: Grant Duncan.- Chapter 17. Greater Happiness for a Greater Number: Some Non-Controversial Options for Governments; Jan Ott.