内容説明
This book presents original happiness research from and about a region that shows unexpectedly high levels of happiness. Even when Latin American countries cannot be classified as high-income countries their population do enjoy, on average, high happiness levels. The book draws attention to some important factors that contribute to the happiness of people, such as: relational values, human relations, solidarity networks, the role of the family, and the availability and gratifying using of leisure time. In a world where happiness is acquiring greater relevance as a final social and personal aim both the academic community and the social-actors and policy-makers community would benefit from Happiness Research in Latin America.
目次
- Chapter 1. Happiness, Research, and Latin America
- Mariano Rojas.- Part I. The Relevance of Latin American Happiness.- Chapter 2. The Singularity of Latin American Patterns of Happiness
- Pablo Beytia.- Chapter 3. The Social Psychology of Latin American Happiness
- Jorge Yamamoto.- Chapter 4. The Relevance of Happiness: Choosing Between Development Paths in Latin America
- Mariano Rojas.- Chapter 5. Trends and Challenges for the Research of Happiness in Latin America
- Emilio Moyano Diaz.- Part II. Human Relations and Happiness in Latin America.- Chapter 6. The Importance of Relational Goods for Happiness: Evidence from Manizales, Colombia
- Liliana Velasquez.- Chapter 7. "Like the zompopito": Social Relationships in Happiness among Rural and Indigenous Women in Nicaragua
- Jessica Martinez Cruz and Haydee Castillo Flores.- Chapter 8. Aging, Family Relations and Well-Being in Chile
- Maria Soledad Herrera Ponce, Maria Beatriz Fernandez, and Carmen Barros.- Chapter 9. Happiness and Social Capital: Evidence from Latin American Countries
- Francisco Mochon Morcillo and Rebeca De Juan Diaz.- Chapter 10.From the Individual to the Romantic Relationship: In Search of Happiness
- Rozzana Sanchez Aragon and Ricardo Diaz Loving.- Chapter 11. The Role of Relational Goods in the Relationship Between Illnesses and Satisfaction in Latin America
- Mariano Rojas and Maikol Elizondo-Lara.- Part III. Material Conditions and Happiness in Latin America.- Chapter 12. How the Economy Affects Happiness. Empirical Findings from Argentina
- Dardo Ferrer and Victoria Giarrizo.- Chapter 13. Relative Income and Job Satisfaction in Chile
- Rodrigo Montero and Tomas Rau.- Chapter 14. Food-Deprivation and Subjective Well-Being in Latin America
- Jorge Guardiola and Mariano Rojas.- Chapter 15. Threats to Happiness: How Lower Middle Class Households Deal with Insecurity and Precariousness
- Daniel Vera, Christian Suter, and Monica Budowski.- Chapter 16. Income, Sex, Pills and Relationships: An Empirical Study for Argentina
- Pablo Schiaffino and Martin Tetaz.- Chapter 17. Using Life Satisfaction Data to Identify Urban Problems, Prioritize Local Public Expenditures and Monitor the Quality of Urban Life
- Eduardo Lora.- Part IV. Social Factors and Happiness in Latin America.- Chapter 18. Sociopolitical Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being: The Case of Two Mexican Cities
- Rene Millan.- Chapter 19. Does Migration Cause Unhappiness or Does Unhappiness Cause Migration? Some Initial Evidence from Latin America
- Carol Graham.- Chapter 20. Disparities in Subjective Well-Being by Socioeconomic Status in Colombia
- David Hurtado.- Chapter 21. Individual and Social Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being: Evidence across Latin American Countries
- Victoria Ateca Amestoy, Teresa Garcia Munoz, and Ana Moro Egido.- Chapter 22. Psychological and Social Determinants of Subjective Well-Being in Mexico: Poverty, Class Identification and Social Mobility
- Joaquina Palomar Lever and Amparo Victorio Estrada.- Chapter 23. Happiness Inequality in Latin America and The Caribbean
- Nestor Gandelman.- Chapter 24. Does the Chilean Pension Model Influence Life Satisfaction? A Multilevel Longitudinal Analysis
- Esteban Calvo.- Chapter 25. Does Values Education Make a Difference on Well-Being? A Case Study of Primary Education in Chiapas
- Paola Cubas Barragan.- Chapter 26. Happiness and Quality of Life in Mexico: Geographical Considerations
- Jose de Jesus Garcia Vega.- Part V. Health and Happiness in Latin America.- Chapter 27. The Determinants of Mental Health: Empirical Evidence from Chile
- Ramon Florenzano and Francisca Dussaillant.- Chapter 28. Pain, Emotions, and Social-Well-Being in Mexico
- Benjamin Dominguez-Trejo, Gerardo Montero Ruvalcaba Palacios and Maria Lopez Lena.- Chapter 29. The Impact of Economic Growth on the Prevalence of Health Problems in Latin America
- Maikol Elizondo-Lara and Mariano Rojas.- Part VI. The Importance of Subjective Well-Being Indicators.- Chapter 30. The Distance Between Perception and Reality in the Social Domains of Life
- Eduardo Lora.- Chapter 31. A Perceived Human Development Index
- Marcelo Neri.- Chapter 32. Life Satisfaction and Happiness in Mexico: Correlates and Redundancies
- Gerardo Leyva, Alfredo Bustos Ana Miriam Romo.- Chapter 33. The Usefulness of Subjective Well-Being to Predict Electoral Results in Latin America
- Ivan Martinez.
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