Happiness Trends Under Democracy: Where Will the New South African

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-53

  Møller, Valerie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

expectations; happiness; life satisfaction; relative deprivation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; APARTHEID; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; EUPHORIA; EXPECTATION; GERMANY; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICAN; WELLBEING;

EID: 84937344347     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: 15737780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011557404822     Document Type: Article

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