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The Happiness Agenda

A Modern Obsession
By:S. Burnett
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230289567
eText ISBN:9780230348417
Edition:0
Copyright:2012
Format:Page Fidelity

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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.