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This chapter focuses extensively and interestingly on the Portuguese Revolution of the beginning of the twentieth century that allowed for the establishment of the First Portuguese Republic and uses that case study to explore the relationship between happiness and political revolutions, debating if and how political revolutions are linked to happiness in people. They also open up a rich debate regarding the ways at a macro-level that can be used by a society and a nation to increase its citizen’s happiness. The case study that Miguel Pereira Lopes, Patricia Jardim da Palma, and Telmo Ferreira Alves have chosen, from their own country, brings a special light upon their conceptualization and perspectives while broadening the frontiers of the narrative to other national processes.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Declaration of the United States of America, July 4, 1776
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The authors thank the support given by the Public Administration and Policy Centre (CAAP) of the School of Political and Social Sciences of the Lisbon Tech University (ISCSP-UTL).
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Lopes, M.P., Da Palma, P.J., Alves, T.F. (2014). The Revolution of Happiness and Happiness in Revolutions: The Case of the First Portuguese Republic. In: Águeda Marujo, H., Neto, L. (eds) Positive Nations and Communities. Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6869-7_11
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