Index

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of Figures and Tables v
4. Notes on Authors vi
5. Introduction: Developing Qualitative Research into Happiness and Wellbeing 1
6. Qualitative Research into Happiness/Wellbeing: Theories, Debates and Issues
7. Living Well Together: On Happiness, Social Goods and Genuinely Progressive Sociology 21
8. Happiness as an Affective Practice: Self, Suffering and Biography 47
9. Personal Happiness, Social Unhappiness: Understanding the Complexity of Individual Happiness Accounts 69
10. Qualitative Research into Happiness/Wellbeing: Communities, Biographies and Identities
11. Developing a Biographical Approach to Happiness and Wellbeing 93
12. Considering the Body in Happiness Research 113
13. How Cultural Heritage can Contribute to Community Development and Wellbeing 133
14. On Post-traumatic Growth and ‘Choosing’ to be Happy: Stories of Positive Change from African Refugees and Asylum Seekers 155
15. Using Social Wellbeing to Inform Regeneration Strategies in a Former Colliery Town in Northern England 175
16. Qualitative Research into Happiness/Wellbeing: Methodological Innovations
17. A Board Game Approach to Studying the Multidimensionality of Life Satisfaction 199
18. ‘Show Me What Makes You Happy at Work’: Visualizing Happiness in the Workplace 219
19. Index 241