Towards Global Transformation, The proceedings of the Third GNH Conference held in Nongkhai and Bangkok in November 2007

Sl. No.

Title

Author

1

Acknowledgement and Cover Page

 

2

Activating Difference: Appreciating Equity in an Era of Global Interdependence

Peter D. Hershock

3

Pretty Woman

Dasho Kinley Dorji

4

Happiness and Spirituality

Lopen Gem Dorji

5

Reciprocal Exchange and Community Vitality: The Case of Gortshom Village in Eastern Bhutan

Sonam Kinga

6

Is National Environment Conservation Success a Rural Failure? The Other Side of Bhutan’s Conservation Story

Dorji Penjore

7

Opening the Gates in Bhutan: Media Gatekeepers and the Agenda of Change

Siok Sian Pek-Dorji

8

Conglomerate Radar of Happiness in Bhutan

Prabhat K Pankaj

9

A Case Story from Minamata: GNH Practice as Human Security and Sustainable Development

Takayoshi Kusago

10

The ‘Suicide Priests’ of Japan and the Search for Gross National Happiness

Jonathan Watts

11

Gross National Happiness: A New Paradigm

Chandima D. Daskon

12

Beyond the Linear Logic of Project Aid Alternative: Understandings of Participation and Community Vitality  

Amanda Kiessel

13

Creating Vibrant Communities through Ecologically Sound Food Production

Alex Kaufman

14

Happiness Under Pressure: How Dual-Earner Parents Experience Time in Australia

Peter Brown, Ester Cerin & Penny Warner-Smith

15

P2P and Human Happiness

Michel Bauwens

16

Microfinance in the Improvement of Living Standard and GNH

Saugata Bandyopadhyay

17

Microfinance Institution, Social Capital and Peace Building: Evidence from West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Rochman Achwan

18

Interpreting ‘Right Livelihood’: Understanding and Practice in Contemporary Thailand

Nissara Horayangura

19

A Tale of Two Samut Cities: Different Paths to Development and People’s Wellbeing in Samut Sakorn and Samut Songkram Provinces

Decharut Sukkumnoed & Wipawa Chuenchit

20

The Development of Thai Mental Health Indicator (TMHI): From Past to Present

Apichai Mongkol,Tavee Tangseree, Pichet Udomratn, Watchanee Huttapanom & Worawan Chutha

21

The Concept of Happiness: The Bridge between Western and Eastern Thought, and Empirical Evidence of Bangkokian's Happiness Determinants

Kanokporn Nitnitiphrut

22

Macroeconomic Determinants of the Happiness of the Poor: A Case Study of Pakistan

Muhammad Shahbaz & Naveed Aamir