Description: Rethinking Development: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Gross National Happiness. Centre for Bhutan Studies, 2007. Academic papers that study the Bhutanese concept of "Gross National Happiness," how it is applied in the nation, and its relevance to the rest of the world. Includes: 1Opening Address 2Acknowledgement3Introduction4What is Gross National Happiness?Jigmi Y. Thinley5Good Governance as the Key to Gross National HappinessJohn Ralston Saul6How Should Happiness Guide Policy? Why Gross National Happiness is not opposed to DemocracyJohannes Hirata7Assessing the Full Cost of Energy in Nova Scotia: A GPI Atlantic ApproachRyan Parmenter, Seth Cain & Judith Lipp8The Myth Behind Alcohol HappinessDr. Chencho Dorji9The Bhutanese Media: In the Service of the PublicKinley Dorji & Siok Sian Pek10Planning for Sustainable Happiness: Harmonizing Our Internal and External LandscapesCatherine O’Brien11Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus RegionFrancisco VanderHoff Boersma12Responsibility in the Private SectorRay Andersen13Principles of Polyface FarmJoel Salatin14Social Enterprise Models as Key Drivers for Community-based AgricultureFarouk Jiwa15The University As An Instrument of Gross National Happiness: Some reflectionsThakur S Powdyel16Barefoot College: Its ExperienceSanjit Bunker Roy17Bartering for a Better Future? Community Currencies and Sustainable ConsumptionGill Seyfang18The Positive Impact on Gomchen Tradition on Achieving and Maintaining Gross National HappinessKhenpo Phuntsok Tashi19Happiness and Indigenous Wisdom in the History of the AmericasFrank Bracho20Folktales and Education: The Role of Bhutanese Folktales in Value TransmissionDorji Penjore21Our View of DevelopmentEla Ramesh Bhatt22What is Sustainable and What is Not?Holly Dressel23Economic Possibilities for Our Grand Children: Progress and Prospects after 75 YearsJohn Stutz Format: 6.25 x 9" hc, no dj, made in Bhutan, 296pp.
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Publication Year: 2007
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: Rethinking Development
Author: Center for Bhutan Studies
Publisher: Centre for Bhutan Studies
Genre: Politics & Society
Country/Region of Manufacture: Bhutan
Topic: Social Sciences, Bhutan, Philosophy
