Politics of Gross National Happiness

Governance and Development in Bhutan

Kent Schroeder (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

IX, 159 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-65387-7 (ISBN)

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This book explores the practices of governance in Bhutan and how they shape the implementation of the country's Gross National Happiness (GNH) development strategy. The author examines whether Bhutan's innovative GNH governance framework successfully navigates competing power dynamics and generates the intended human development outcomes of Gross National Happiness. The analysis is structured around a comparison of the implementation of four GNH development policies - tourism, media, farm roads and human/wildlife conflict - and their larger implications on power, governance and the human development paradigm in Bhutan and beyond.

Kent Schroeder is Director of International Development Projects in the Business School at Humber College, Canada. In 2015 Kent received a Certificate of Appreciation from Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay for his contributions to Gross National Happiness.

Chapter 1: Governance, power and human development.- Chapter 2: Gross National Happiness.- Chapter 3: The Gross National Happiness governance framework.- Chapter 4: The Last Shangri-La? Fractured tourism governance.- Chapter 5: Wrestling and cigarettes: Conflict in media governance.- Chapter 6: "I will die before you cut my land": Communities and farm road governance.- Chapter 7: Successful ambiguity: Human-wildlife conflict and governance.- Chapter 8: Rethinking governance, power and human development.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.11.2017
Zusatzinfo	IX, 159 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	360 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Asia • Asian culture • Asian Politics • Bhutan • Buddhism • Civil Society • Cultural Policy and Politics • Cultural Preservation • Cultural Promotion • Cultural Studies • Cultural values • decentralization • Democratization • Development and Social Change • Development Policy • Development Studies • Donor Actors • Environmental sustainability • Farm Roads • Good Governance • Governance and Government • Media Policy • Political Science and International Studies • political structure & processes • Political structure & processes • politics & government • Politics & government • private sector • Public sector reform • social services • Socio-Economic Development • South Asia • Tourism • wildlife
ISBN-10	3-319-65387-3 / 3319653873
ISBN-13	978-3-319-65387-7 / 9783319653877
Zustand	Neuware