Handbook of Happiness Research in Latin America
This handbook 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,
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Mariano Rojas Editor
Handbook of Happiness Research in Latin America
International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life Chair of the Editorial Board Graciela Tonon, Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora and Universidad de Palermo, Argentina Editorial Board Alex Michalos, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada Rhonda Phillips, Purdue University, USA Don Rahtz, College of William & Mary, USA Dave Webb, University of Western Australia, Australia Wolfgang Glatzer, Goethe University, Germany Dong Jin Lee, Yonsei University, Korea Laura Camfield, University of East Anglia, UK
Aims and Scope The International Handbooks of Quality of Life Research offer extensive bibliographic resources. They present literature reviews of the many sub-disciplines and areas of study within the growing field of quality of life research. Handbooks in the series focus on capturing and reviewing the quality of life research literature in specific life domains, on specific populations, or in relation to specific disciplines or sectors of industry. In addition, the Handbooks cover measures of quality of life and well-being, providing annotated bibliographies of well-established measures, methods, and scales. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8365
Mariano Rojas Editor
Handbook of Happiness Research in Latin America
Editor Mariano Rojas FLACSO-Mexico and UPAEP Mexico City, Mexico
International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life ISBN 978-94-017-7202-0 ISBN 978-94-017-7203-7 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-7203-7
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Contents
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Happiness, Research, and Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mariano Rojas
Part I 2
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The Relevance of Latin American
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