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Author:   Robert Biswas-Diener ,  Robert Biswas-Diener
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2011 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.550kg
ISBN:  

9789048199372

ISBN 10:   9048199379
Pages:   358
Publication Date:   09 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 What People Really Want in Life and Why It Matters: Contributions from Research on Folk Theories of the Good Life Christie Napa Scollon and Laura A. King Part I Some Cautionary Thoughts 2 Think Before You Think Nic Marks 3 Socially Responsible Cheermongery: On the Sociocultural Contexts and Levels of Social Happiness Policies Neil Thin Part II Positive Psychology and Public Policy 4 Monitoring Psychosocial Prosperity for Social Change Ed Diener and Carol Diener 5 Gross National Happiness: A Gift from Bhutan to the World George W. Burns 6 Ecological Challenges, Materialistic Values, and Social Change Tim Kasser 7 Positive Psychology and Public Health Dora Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir Part III Positive Psychology and Poverty 8 Positive Psychology and Poverty Robert Biswas-Diener and Lindsey Patterson xiii xiv Contents 9 Strengthening Underprivileged Communities: Strengths-Based Approaches as a Force for Positive Social Change in Community Development P. Alex Linley, Avirupa Bhaduri, Debasish Sen Sharma, and Reena Govindji Part IV Positive Psychology and Organizations 10 Creating Positive Social Change Through Building Positive Organizations: Four Levels of Intervention Nicky Garcea and P. Alex Linley 11 Organizational Democracy as a Force for Social Change Traci L. Fenton Part V Positive Psychology and a Focus on Others 12 Better Living Through Perspective Taking Sara D. Hodges, Brian A.M. Clark, and Michael W. Myers 13 Investing in Others: Prosocial Spending for (Pro)Social Change Lara B. Aknin, Gillian M. Sandstrom, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Michael I. Norton Part VI Positive Psychology and Social Change Interventions 14 How Does Coaching Positively Impact Organizational and Societal Change? Sunny Stout Rostron 15 PositivePsychotherapy and Social Change Antonella Delle Fave and Giovanni A. Fava 16 Recreate or Create? Leisure as an Arena for Recovery and Change Joar Vittersø 17 Positive Computing Tomas Sander Part VII Change theWorld 18 Changing the World: The Science of Transformative Action Scott Sherman Editor’s Afterword Index Contributors

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From the reviews: This volume demonstrates how the emphasis of positive psychology can and should be shifted from the individual to the group level. ... Biswas-Diener ... and the other contributors introduce the reader to cutting-edge thinking about public policy and interventions designed to impact individuals who find themselves in a wide variety of social contexts. ... Rarely does one find a volume of this genre to be as enthralling and thought provoking as this one. Summing up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. (R. B. Stewart Jr., Choice, Vol. 49 (5), January, 2012)

From the reviews: This volume demonstrates how the emphasis of positive psychology can and should be shifted from the individual to the group level. ... Biswas-Diener ... and the other contributors introduce the reader to cutting-edge thinking about public policy and interventions designed to impact individuals who find themselves in a wide variety of social contexts. ... Rarely does one find a volume of this genre to be as enthralling and thought provoking as this one. Summing up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. (R. B. Stewart Jr., Choice, Vol. 49 (5), January, 2012)

From the reviews: This volume demonstrates how the emphasis of positive psychology can and should be shifted from the individual to the group level. ! Biswas-Diener ! and the other contributors introduce the reader to cutting-edge thinking about public policy and interventions designed to impact individuals who find themselves in a wide variety of social contexts. ! Rarely does one find a volume of this genre to be as enthralling and thought provoking as this one. Summing up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. (R. B. Stewart Jr., Choice, Vol. 49 (5), January, 2012)

Author Information

Robert Biswas-Diener is widely known as the ""Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology"" because his scientific pursuit of the emotional good life has led him to such far flung places as India, Greenland, Israel, Kenya, and Spain. He sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Positive Psychology and the Journal of Happiness Studies. Robert is CAPP's Programme Director for Education and Learning. He is also part-time instructor of psychology at Portland State University (USA). Robert is the author of the books, Positive Psychology Coaching: Putting the science of happiness to work for your clients (Wiley, 2007), and Happiness: Unlocking the mysteries of psychological wealth (Blackwell, 2008).

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