Happiness and well-being /
This entry examines how qualitative researchers define happiness when they are investigating the everyday experiences of well-being. Traditionally, well-being studies have been dominated by quantitative research and polemical analyses of happiness that use their own distinctive definitions of happin...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | Contemporary perspectives in qualitative research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This entry examines how qualitative researchers define happiness when they are investigating the everyday experiences of well-being. Traditionally, well-being studies have been dominated by quantitative research and polemical analyses of happiness that use their own distinctive definitions of happiness/well-being. This entry draws on recent qualitative studies that employ definitions of happiness as a social practice, documenting some of the different facets of well-being that are researched by these scholars. In exploring the nature of happiness across the life course and through social networks, these studies remind researchers of how "living well" is structured and contested, reflecting the way that power works in contemporary societies. Qualitative research into happiness therefore is at the heart of the sociological imagination as it offers a glimpse into the lifelong ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529745979 1529745977 9781526421036 1526421038 |