Researching Happiness : : Qualitative, Biographical and Critical Perspectives / / ed. by Mark Cieslik.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Beel, David,; Cieslik, Mark,; Coulthard, Sarah,; Gibbons, Richard,; Hill, Nicholas,; Holthus, Barbara,; Johnson, Kelly,; Manzenreiter, Wolfram,; Suojanen, Ilona,; Thin, Neil,; Tross, David,; Wallace, Claire,; Wenning, Brianne,
• HerausgeberIn: Cieslik, Mark,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Bristol University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (258 p.) :; 11 Black and White
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; List of Figures and Tables --; Notes on Authors --; Introduction: Developing Qualitative Research into Happiness and Wellbeing --; Qualitative Research into Happiness/Wellbeing: Theories, Debates and Issues --; Living Well Together: On Happiness, Social Goods and Genuinely Progressive Sociology --; Happiness as an Affective Practice: Self, Suffering and Biography --; Personal Happiness, Social Unhappiness: Understanding the Complexity of Individual Happiness Accounts --; Qualitative Research into Happiness/Wellbeing: Communities, Biographies and Identities --; Developing a Biographical Approach to Happiness and Wellbeing --; Considering the Body in Happiness Research --; How Cultural Heritage can Contribute to Community Development and Wellbeing --; On Post-traumatic Growth and ‘Choosing’ to be Happy: Stories of Positive Change from African Refugees and Asylum Seekers --; Using Social Wellbeing to Inform Regeneration Strategies in a Former Colliery Town in Northern England --; Qualitative Research into Happiness/Wellbeing: Methodological Innovations --; A Board Game Approach to Studying the Multidimensionality of Life Satisfaction --; ‘Show Me What Makes You Happy at Work’: Visualizing Happiness in the Workplace --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781529206159; 9783111196756
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Mark Cieslik.

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.