虽然幸福观已经有了二千多年曲折的发展历程,但是把幸福看作是我们人生的终点和目标的现代幸福观只有大约两百年的历史(麦马翁,2011:320)。而关于幸福的实证研究则只有更短的历史。在过去三四十年时间里,心理学、经济学、政治学、社会学等学科已经积累了不少关于幸福的实证研究。博柯的这本书以这些实证研究为基础,全面深入地探讨了政府与公民幸福的关系。一、作者简介德里克·博柯(Derek Bok)是美国哈佛大学第25任校长(1971—1991), Although the concept of happiness has been developed over two thousand years of twists and turns, the modern concept of happiness that regards happiness as the end and the goal of our life is only about two hundred years old (Mahomé, 2011: 320). The empirical study of happiness has only a short history. In the past three or four decades, psychology, economics, political science, sociology and other disciplines have accumulated a lot of empirical research on happiness. Based on these empirical studies, Boke’s book explores the relationship between government and citizenship in a comprehensive and in-depth manner. I. About the Author Derek Bok is the 25th president (1971-1991) of Harvard University,