A Better Politics: How Government Can Make Us Happier - Brossura

Dorling, Danny

Brossura

ISBN 10: 190799453X ISBN 13: 9781907994531

Casa editrice: London Pub Partnership, 2016

Riassunto

This book looks at the evidence for a successful politics that would promote happiness and health. It suggests policies that take account of this evidence. Government can and should work to make us happier.

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Recensione:

The thing that is lacking in the often machine-like short-term tactics of British politics is any vision of what we could be as individuals and as a nation. Danny Dorling makes simple arguments for a better society ideas that are grounded in practical idealism and backed up with intelligent interpretation of evidence and data. --From the foreword by Lord Victor O. Adebowale, Crossbench Peer

Starting from the very reasonable view that public policy should concentrate on what would further our well-being, Dorling argues for a provocative range of policies. This is a useful corrective to the focus on measured economic growth, which can all too readily dominate our thinking; these ideas deserve further debate. --Dame Kate Barker, Former member of the Bank of England s Monetary Policy Committee

In The Argumentative Indian, Amartya Sen encourages us to consider the traditions, contributions and shared humanity of people like us who are different Danny Dorling has done that for me. --Sir Peter Bottomley, Conservative MP and former minister

L'autore:

Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder professor of geography at the University of Oxford, and the author of many books including Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists; Inequality and the 1%; The Social Atlas of Europe; All That is Solid: The Great Housing Disaster and Population 10 Billion.

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• Editore: London Pub Partnership
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 190799453X
• ISBN 13: 9781907994531
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 171
• Disegnatore: Furness Ella