Wellbeing in developing countries : from theory to research / edited by Ian Gough and J. Allister McGregor.

Title from PDF title page (viewed January 5, 2010).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Notes on contributors; Acronyms; Preface; Introduction; 1 Theorising wellbeing in international development; Part I Human needs and human wellbeing; 2 Conceptualising human needs and wellbeing; 3 Basic psychological needs: a self-determination theory perspective on the promotion of wellness across development and cultures; 4 Measuring freedoms alongside wellbeing; 5 Using security to indicate wellbeing; 6 Towards a measure of non-economic wellbeing achievement; Part II Resources, agency and meaning.

7 Wellbeing, livelihoods and resources in social practice8 Livelihoods and resource accessing in the Andes: desencuentros in theory and practice; 9 Poverty and exclusion, resources and relationships: theorising the links between economic and social development; Part III Quality of life and subjective wellbeing; 10 Cross-cultural quality of life assessment approaches and experiences from the health care field; 11 Researching quality of li.

Establishes a new paradigm for development centred on the idea of human wellbeing.

English.

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