An Anthropological Journey into Well-Being Insights from Bolivia
This volume is a unique contribution to the exploration of a new perspective in the study of well-being, which tries to overcome the quantification bias by creating an account of ‘the good life’ in a specific place. Rather than numbers, this research
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Melania Calestani
An Anthropological Journey into Well-Being Insights from Bolivia
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Melania Calestani Primary Care and Population Sciences University of Southampton Southampton UK
ISSN 2211-7644 ISBN 978-94-007-5668-7 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5669-4
ISSN 2211-7652 (electronic) ISBN 978-94-007-5669-4 (eBook)
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Preface
This book explores a new perspective in the study of well-being, which tries to overcome the quantification bias by creating an account of ‘the good life’ in a specific place. Rather than numbers, this research focuses on local narratives, emphasising the urgent need to include a wider range of methodological approaches when engaging with well-being. Although development economists such as Sen (1999) have also emphasised a need to incorporate a larger set of qualities into their recommendations, still today this has not become one of the priorities in well-being studies. Quantitative research still has a bigger impact and influence in comparison to qualitative findings. The book focuses on the above argument and demonstra
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