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Happiness for all? : unequal hopes and lives in pursuit of the American dream /

The Declaration of Independence states that all people are endowed with certain unalienable rights, and that among these is the pursuit of happiness. But is happiness equally available to everyone in America today? How about elsewhere in the world? Carol Graham draws on cutting-edge research linking...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Graham, Carol, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Chapter 1. Introduction. Happiness for All: Living the Dream? -- Chapter 2. What Happened to Horatio Alger? U.S. Trends in Inequality and Opportunity in Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 3. Who Believes in the American Dream? Public Attitudes about Mobility in the United States and Beyond -- Chapter 4. High Costs of Being Poor in the Land of the Dream: Stress, Insecurity, and Lack of Hope -- Chapter 5. Well-Being, Aspirations, and Outcomes: What Do We Know? -- Chapter 6. Can We Save the Dream? 
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