Beyond the grumpy rich man and the happy peasant: mixed methods and the impact of food security on subjective dimensions of wellbeing in India

Research Paper

This paper responds to the recent advocacy of subjective wellbeing in policy evaluation with an investigation of food security in...

Economics and subjectivities of wellbeing in rural Zambia

Research Paper

Using qualitative and quantitative methods both to generate and analyse data, this paper argues that we need to shift our...

‘The weight falls on my shoulders’: close relationships and women’s wellbeing in India

Research Paper

This paper explores ways in which women in village India challenge gendered norms of agency and relationship.

Moral navigation and child fostering in Chiawa, Zambia

Research Paper

This article explores the movement of children between households in Zambia as a site of ‘moral navigation’. Moral navigation extends...

Towards an interdisciplinary approach to wellbeing: life histories and Self-Determination Theory in rural Zambia

Research Paper

What are the prospects for a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary and methodologically plural approach to wellbeing? This question is addressed using Self-Determination...

Economics, relationality and the good life in Chiawa, Zambia

Research Paper

For most local people in Chiawa, Zambia, life is hard. Located in a Game Management Area just outside the Lower...

Cultures of Wellbeing: Method, Place, Policy

Book

Case studies across continents explore wellbeing in relation to health, children and youth, migration, economics, religion, family, land mines, national...

Power: the missing element in cultures of emotion?

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'Between us' claims that emotions are based in culture, taught through everyday interactions. We welcome this insight, but argue that...