The Happiness Policy Handbook: How to Make Happiness and Well-Being the Purpose of Your Government

• Authors are leaders in their field, • Musikanski is the Executive Director of the Happiness Alliance, • Rhonda Phillips is Dean of Purdue Honors College • Jean Crowder is a consultant and former federal politician • Phillips and Rhonda are directors of the Happiness Alliance, a nonprofit that provides tools, resources and knowledge to policy makers and communities • This "happy trio" of authors are all extremely accomplished women with extensive experience at the national and international level of policy development and renowned academics • This book is an integral part of the Happiness Alliance Project • Over 270 years ago, Thomas Jefferson said, "The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness" - this book is a guide that shows government and institutions how to do this • Provides step-by-step action plans for integrating happiness into organizations • Contains practical action plans and implementation strategies • Tools can be adopted and adapted alongside existing policies • Explains the process of change • Provides guidance for policy makers seeking ways to utilize happiness information

Written in two sections

• First section is an orientation to the history of happiness in public policy • Includes menu of happiness policies and model laws and projects • Key implementable lessons, practical tips, terminology, how to overcome obstacles and a set of criteria for deciding when it would be wise to implement a happiness policy • Second section is comprised of action plans • Includes model proclamation used by city councils, mayors and legislatures • community engagement forums • practical advice for social media • how to convene a happiness council • how to measure happiness including a scientifically valid happiness measurement instrument used by governments worldwide • how to use data • how to sample populations • happiness policy screening tool modeled after the Government of Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Policy

Regional interest: Seattle (WA), Santa Fe (NM), Vermont, Ann Arbour (MI), Eau Claire (WI), Warrensbury (MO), Nevada City (CA), Santa Monica (CA)

Canada: Creston District, Valleyview AB, Edmonton, Province of AB, Waterloo, Victoria

• Jean Crowder is former member of parliament for Nanaimo • B.C. Federation of BC Municipalities, Federation of Community of Municipalities, Vancouver Island Coastal MUnicipalities - all regions have annual conferences. Regional Interest • — BC, University of Victoria, Simon Fraser University, Creston District, City of Victoria Alberta — University of Alberta, Valleyview, Edmonton, Province of Alberta Ontario — University of Waterloo

Audience: Policy makers, high level government officials, community organizers, community activists, professors and students of social and well-being policy, economics, psychology and other related disciplines

International:

• Can be used to assist global policy makers to take a leadership role bringing a focus on happiness • Incheon and Seoul - South Korea, Siena - Italy, Madrid and Pamplona - Spain • There is an increasing global interest in happiness policy • All three authors have worked and are well known at international level of happiness policy and development • The Happiness Alliance has developed a happiness measurement tool that is used by local and national governments world wide • Laura Musikanski was an invited participant at the 2012 United Nations High-Level Meeting Well-being and Happiness meeting, the 2017 and 2018 Dialogue for Happiness and the 5 th and 6 th OECD World Forums Statistics, Knowledge and Policy meetings • Rhonda Phillips is a three time Fullbright Scholar recipient and studied in Panama for 2 years and Ulster Ireland for one year • Jean Crowder as a federal member of parliament for the New Democratic Party in Canada for 11 years until her retirement from politics. • They will be promoting the book through on-line workshops • Prominent endorsers include: Ban Ki-Moon, Princess Laurentian of the Netherlands, Karma Ura First National Happiness Minister of Bhutan

Planet Happiness Locations: Ironbridge UK; Hoi An, Viet Nam; Luang Prabang, Laos; Sagarmatha, Nepal; Turkey; Egypt; Bahamas; Cali, Columbia, Kuwait

© 2020 New Society Publishers (Lydbog): 9781897408384
© 2019 New Society Publishers (E-bog): 9781771423137

Release date

Lydbog: 5. juni 2020
E-bog: 10. september 2019