Researching Happiness

Qualitative, Biographical and Critical Perspectives
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5292-0613-5
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 398 g

In the past, happiness studies has been dominated by the work of philosophers, economists and psychologists, but more recently there has been a growing interest from social scientist into the natures of happiness and wellbeing.
This original collection draws on the latest empirical research to explore the practical challenges facing happiness researchers today, such as how to conduct happiness research in different cultural contexts, how to theorise wellbeing or how to operationalise definitions of happiness in qualitative and biographical research.
By uniquely combining the critical approach of sociology with techniques from other disciplines, the contributors illuminate new approaches to the study of happiness and well-being.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cieslik, Mark

Weitere Mitwirkende

Suojanen, Ilona

Manzenreiter, Wolfram

Holthus, Barbara

Coulthard, Sarah

Johnson, Kelly

Beel, David

Wallace, Claire

Gibbons, Richard

Tross, David

Hill, Nicholas

Thin, Neil

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie der Lebensart, Well-Being
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Positive Psychologie, Glücksforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction: Developing Qualitative Research into Happiness and Wellbeing - Mark Cieslik, Northumbria University
Qualitative Research into Happiness/Wellbeing: Theories, Debates and Issues
Chapter 2. Living Well Together: On Happiness, Social Goods and Genuinely Progressive Sociology - Neil Thin
Chapter 3. Happiness as an Affective Practice: Self, Suffering and Biography - Nicholas Hill
Chapter 4. Personal Happiness, Social Unhappiness: Understanding the Tomplexity of Individual Happiness Accounts - David Tross
Qualitative Research into Happiness/Wellbeing: Communities, Biographies and Identities
Chapter 5. Developing a Biographical Approach to Happiness and Wellbeing - Mark Cieslik
Chapter 6. Considering the Body in Happiness Research - Richard Gibbons
Chapter 7. How can Cultural Heritage Contribute to Community Development and Wellbeing - Claire Wallace and David Beel
Chapter 8. On Post-Traumatic Growth and ‘Choosing’ to be Happy: Stories of Positive Change from African Refugees and Asylum Seekers -Brianne Wenning
Chapter 9. Using Social Wellbeing to Inform Regeneration Strategies in a Former Colliery Town in Northern England - Kelly Johnson and Sarah Coulthard
Qualitative Research into Happiness/Wellbeing: Methodological Innovations
Chapter 10. A Board Game Approach to Studying the Multi-dimensionality of Life Satisfaction - Barbara Holthus and Wolfram Manzenreiter
Chapter 11. Show Me What Makes you Happy at Work’? Visualising Happiness in the Workplace - Ilona Suojanen

Über Autor(innen)

Beel, David
David Beel is Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at Manchester Metropolitan University where he is part of the Future Economies Research Cluster.

Cieslik, Mark
Mark Cieslik is a sociologist in the Department of Social Sciences at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Mark Cieslik is a sociologist in the Department of Social Sciences at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.