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Asian Gross National Happiness and its View on Law, Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals
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Asian Gross National Happiness and its View on Law, Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals

By: Dorine E. van Norren

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This book uses Bhutan's Gross National Happiness to question the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. It contrasts the logic of linear growth with the Buddhist approach of "Respect all Sentient Beings"—a model centered on community, compassion, and inner peace for all life.

This thorough account of wellbeing perspectives from Asian (Buddhist) Gross National Happiness sheds a new light on sustainability debates. It puts into question the universality…
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This thorough account of wellbeing perspectives from Asian (Buddhist) Gross National Happiness sheds a new light on sustainability debates. It puts into question the universality of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Its slogan, “Leave no-one behind,” begs the question of who is behind and who is ahead. Development is caught in the logic of linear “sustainable” growth of nations or centres around the flourishing of the individual instead of the community. “Respect all Sentient Beings” is the Buddhist approach. It centers around inner peace, harmony, generosity and compassion with all life.

With concrete examples of policies, law, jurisprudence and practice from Bhutan, this book is a must read for philosophers willing to think beyond European philosophy, (development) economists interested in reshaping today’s paradigms, innovative lawyers with a compassionate heart, anthropologists who yearn for a dialogue between worldviews of the Global South and science, and all people who seek new meaning in today’s society.

Dorine van Norren is an associate researcher at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands (Law) and Pretoria, South Africa (Decoloniality). She studied law in Amsterdam and Cape Town and French in Lyon. She has a Master’s in International and Dutch Law from Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1995), and a PhD in Law and Development Studies from Tilburg and Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (2017). She did field research for her PhD in Ecuador, Bhutan, South Africa, and at the UN in New York and Paris. She has published articles in world-renowned journals and books with respected publishers. She worked as a diplomat in Sri Lanka and Turkey and held several positions at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Southern Africa, North America, European Integration departments). She worked for the Advisory Council of International Affairs. She was Coordinator for UNESCO, human rights and SDGs at the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture including UNESCO Commission advisory member. Currently she is Strategic Advisor Western Hemisphere.
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  • ISBN: 1-0364-4220-9
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-4220-0
  • Date of Publication: 2025-04-29

Paperback

  • ISBN: 1-0364-4222-5
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-4222-4
  • Date of Publication: 2025-04-29

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  • ISBN: 1-0364-4221-7
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-4221-7
  • Date of Publication: 2025-04-29
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  • BIC: GTF, RNU, JFSL9
  • THEMA: GTP(5PB-AU-A), RNU(5PB-NZ-A), JBSL11(5PB-US-E)
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  • "This book is the result of extensive research and analysis of the journey of GNH from an intuitive guide for a small nation to a global inspiration and reference for integrated holistic, sustainable and inclusive societal transformation. I believe the book makes a substantial contribution to the ongoing discourse and progress on this path."
    - Jigmy Thinley Former Prime Minister of Bhutan
  • "In a time of global crisis, people around the world are looking for a type of philosophy of development, which could bring sustainability of material conditions and provide individuals with much greater level of happiness. I recommend them this book on GNH, an early idea that resonates with the recent beyond GDP movement."
    - Karma Ura Director Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH.

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