books

 
This page gives a broad selection of books that are interesting, insightful and may help with additional background reference and areas for further research.


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General Background/Context Reading:

Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton


No Logo by Naomi Klein 

Design for the Real World by Victor Papanek

Design for the other 90% by Cynthia E Smit

Eternally yours: Time in Design by Brian Eno, John Thakara and Ed van Hinte

Design Activism: Beautiful Strangeness for a Sustainable World by Alastair Fuad-Luke

The Story of Stuff: The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-And How We Can Make It Better by Annie Leonard

Cradle to Cradle: remaking the way we make things by W McDonough and M Braungart 


Environment and Society by E Cudworth

The Earthscan Reader on Sustainable Consumption by Tim Jackson

Sufficient: a modern guide to sustainable living by Tom ?
Globalization: The Key Concepts by T H Ericksen
Design for Sustainability by J Birkeland

 On Happiness

Books

Argyle, Michael:            The Psychology of Happiness - 2^nd Edition, First Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd. in 1987, 2nd Edition published by Routledge, Sussex, 2001

Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho:            The Art of Happiness, Hodder and Stoughton Ltd,

(Dalai Lama XIV)            London, 1998 (Consultant Author: Howard C. Cutler)

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly:             Flow, First Published by Harper & Row, USA, 1992 2^nd Edition published by Rider, London, 2002

Frey, Bruno S.:            Happiness and Economics: How the Economy and Institutions Affect Human Well-Being, Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 2002

                                                (Consultant Author: Alois Stutzer)

Kahneman, Daniel (ed):            Well-Being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology,

Russell Sage, New York, 1999 (Consultant Editors: Ed Diener & Norbert Schwarz)

Lane, Robert:            The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2000

           

Layard, Richard:            Happiness: Lessons from a New Science, Allen Lane (an imprint of Penguin Books), London, 2005

Marar, Ziyad:            The Happiness Paradox, Reaktion Books Ltd, London, 2003

Myers, David:            The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2000

The Pursuit of Happiness - Who is Happy and Why, The Aquarian Press, New York and London, 1993

Sahlins, Marshall:            'The Original Affluent Society', in Culture in Practice: Selected Essays, Zone Books, New York, 2000, pp. 95 -139

Veenhoven, Ruut:            Conditions of Happiness, D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland, 1984

Essays

Simmel, Georg:            'On the Psychology of Money', 1889, in David Frisby and Mike Featherstone (ed.), Simmel on Culture, Sage Publications, London and New Delhi, 1997, pp. 233 - 243

 

Online Papers

Bateman, Tom:            Happiness, Wealth and Corporate Social Responsibility, May 2003

Davidson, Richard J.:                        Toward a Biology of Personality and Emotion, N.D.

Diener, Ed:            Culture and Subjective Well-Being, June 2004, (Consultant Author: William Tov)

Di Tella, Rafael:                        The Macroeconomics of Happiness, July 2002

Donovan, Nick:            Life Satisfaction: The State of Knowledge and Implications for Government, December 2002, (Consultant Authors: David Halpern and Richard Sargeant)

Dorling, Danny:            Social Science, Public Policy and the Search for Happiness (Consultant Author: Neil Ward) N.D.

Frey, Bruno S.:            Happiness Research: State and Prospects, University of Zurich, May 2004 (Consultant Author: Alois Stutzer)

Horton, Tom:                                    Redefining Progress, July 2002

Hyman, Carol:            Can Money Buy Happiness? UC Berkeley Researchers Find Surprising Answers, June 2003

Leloup, Sandrine:            When the Wealth Comes From the Happiness: or the Good Chrematistic According to Adam Smith, N.D.

Oswald, Andrew:            Well-Being Over Time in Britain and the USA, June 2002

Rojas, Mariano:            The Multidimensionality of Poverty: A Subjective Well-Being Approach, N.D.

Shah, Hetan:            A Well-Being Manifesto for a Flourishing Society, New Economics Foundation, September 2004 (Consultant Author: Nic Marks)

Sproston, Kerry:            Report on Participation, Expenditure and Attitudes, National Lottery Commission, 2003,

Street, Paul:            The Economy is Doing Fine, It's Just the People Who Aren't (From "Doors of Perception" website), N.D.

Tideman, Sander G.:            Gross National Happiness: Towards Buddhist Economics, January 2001

Veenhoven, Ruut:            Apparent Quality of Life in Nations: How Long and Happy People Live, November 2003

Is Life Getting Better? Quality of Life in Modern Society, July 2004

The Greatest Happiness Principle: Happiness as an Aim in Public Policy, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. N.J, USA, 2004

Newspaper Articles

Gilchrist, Jim:            Happiness is No Laughing Matter, The Scotsman (S2), 16^th February 2005

Stuart, Julia:            Dr Feelgood, The Independent Review, 3^rd January 2005

Gunnell, Barbara:            The Happiness Industry, The New Statesman, 6^th September 2004

Journal Articles

APS Observer (online)

Chernoff, Naina:            Memory Vs. Experience: Happiness is Relative, Volume 15, Number 5, May 2002           

 

Economic Journal

Frey, Bruno S.:            Happiness, Economy and Institutions, 110 (466 October), pp. 918-938, 2000

Eloquent

Szepesi, Stefan:            Happiness and the Bonus of Freedom, Volume 7, Number 3, April 2001

International Test Commission (ICT) Newsletter

Hubley, Anita M.:            Assessing Quality of Life: An Interview with Four Scholars, Volume 8, Number 1, pp. 1-10, June 1998

Journal of Happiness Studies (online)

Cummins, Robert A.:            Personal Income and Subjective Well-Being: A Review, Volume 1, pp. 133-158, March 2000

Easterlin, Richard A.:            Is Reported Happiness Five Years Ago Comparable to Present Happiness? A Cautionary Note, Volume 3, pp. 193-198, March 2002

Eckersley, Richard:            The Mixed Blessings of Material Progress, Volume 1, pp. 267-292, September 2000

Frey, Bruno S.:            Happiness Prospers in Democracy, Volume 1, pp. 79-102, October 1999 (Consultant Author: Alois Stutzer)

Hellevik, Ottar:            Economy, Values and Happiness in Norway, Volume 4, pp. 243-283, March 2003

Lane, Robert E.:            Diminishing Returns to Income, Companionship and Happiness, Volume 1, pp. 103-119, October 1999

Schyns, Peggy:            Income and Satisfaction in Russia, Volume 2, pp.173-204, January 2001

Varelius, J.:            Objective Explanations of Individual Well-Being, Volume 5, pp. 73-91, November 2003

Veenhoven, Ruut:            The Four Qualities of Life, Volume 1, pp. 1-39, December 1999

Psychological Science in the Public Interest

Davidson, Richard:            Making a Life Worth Living: Neural Correlates of Well-Being, N.D.

Diener, Ed:            Beyond Money: Toward an Economy of Well-Being [Uncorrected Proof], Volume 5, Number 1, 2004 (Consultant Author: Martin E. P. Seligman)

Lykken, David:            Happiness is a Stochastic Phenomenon, Volume 7, Number 3, May 1996 (Consultant Author: Auke Tellegen)

Revue Québécoise de Psychologie

 

Veenhoven, Ruut:            Advances in the Understanding of Happiness, Volume 18, pp. 29-74, 1997

Social Indicators Research

Hagerty, Michael R.:            Wealth and Happiness Revisited, Volume 64, pp. 1-27,

                                                2003 (Consultant Author: Ruut Veenhoven)

Veenhoven, Ruut:            Is Happiness Relative? Volume 24, pp. 1-34, 1991

Is Happiness a Trait? Volume 32, pp. 101-160, 1994

Wealth and Happiness Revisited, Volume 64, pp. 1- 27, 2003

The Psychologist

Oswald, Andrew J.:            How Much do External Factors Affect Well-Being? A way to use happiness economics to decide, 2002

Veenhoven, Ruut:            Happiness, Volume 16, Number 3, pp. 128-129, March 2003

                                   

 

Lectures

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures

Layard, Richard:                        Happiness: Has Social Science a Clue? March 2003

ood for business application:

The sustainability handbook: the complete management guide to achieving social, economic and environmental responsibility by W R Blackburn Good Green Guide for Small Businesses by Impetus Consulting Climb the Green Ladder: Make Your Company and Career More Sustainable by A Shari and a Fetzer Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken Growing a Business by Paul Hawken Good for fashion and textiles industry:

Sustainable Fashion & Textiles: design journeys by Kate Fletcher Sustainable Fashion: Why now? by J Hethorn and C Ulasewicz Well Dressed? The Present and Future Sustainability of Clothing and Textiles in the United Kingdom by N Brocken, S Laursen and C Malvido de Rodriguez Ethical Clothing: New Awareness or Fading Fashion Trend by G Biesen Old Clothes, New Looks: Secondhand Fashion by A Palmer and H Clark Eco-Chic: the fashion paradox by Sandy Black Fabric for Fashion. by C Hallett and A Johnston

Ecotextiles : the way forward for sustainable development in

textiles by M Miraftab and A Horrocks

Style, Naturally: The Savvy Shopping Guide  to Sustainable Fashion and Beauty: The Global Guide to Sustainable Fashion & Beauty by S Oakes  Changing Fashion: A Critical Introduction to Trend Analysis and Meaning by A Lynch and M Strauss The Object of Labor: Art, Cloth and Cultural Production by J Livingstone and J Ploof Environmental Impact of Textiles: Production, Processes and Protection by K Slater

Good for ideas and reflection:

Development Dictionary : A Guide

to Knowledge as Power edited by Wolfgang Sachs

Sustainable by Design: explorations in theory and practice by Stuart Walker The Green Imperative by V Papanek Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming by Paul Hawken

Good for culture and context:


Emotionally Durable Design by J Chapman


Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by Michael Braungart and William McDonough


Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change by Victor Papanek

The Eco-Design Handbook: A Complete Sourcebook for the Home and Office by Alistair Fuad-Luke

Sustainable by Design: Explorations in Theory and Practice by Stuart Walker

The Story of Stuff: The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-And How We Can Make It Better by Annie Leonard.

Good for Product designers and Service Designers:

Sustainable solutions - Developing products and service for 

the future by M Charter and U Tischner.

Hertzian Tales: Electronic Products, Aesthetic Experience and Critical Design by Anthony Dunne

Slow Living by G Craig and W Parkins
Sustainable everyday: 

scenarios of urban life by E Manzini and F Jégou