Wellbeing and Development in Peru: Local and Universal Views Confronted (Studies of the Americas)

Development Is Something We All Aspire To, But Also Readily Criticize For Failing To Live Up To Our Hopes Of Sustained Improvement In Human Wellbeing. This Book Presents Findings Of Systematic Research Into The Contested Meanings Of Development And Wellbeing From A Country, Peru, Which Has Recently Experienced Both Rapid Economic Growth And Deep Social Conflict. A Mix Of Ethnographic And Questionnaire Data From Seven Poor Urban And Rural Communities Straddling The Andes Is Used To Describe And Analyze Local And Global Interpretations Of Their Inhabitants' Pursuit Of Wellbeing.--book Jacket. Introduction / James Copestake -- Resources, Conflict, And Social Identity In Context / Jose Luis Alvarez, Maribel Arrollo, Lida Carhuallanqui, James Copestake, Martin Jaurapoma, Tom Lavers, Miguel Obispo, Edwin Paúcar & Percy Reyna -- Measuring And Modeling Subjective Wellbeing / Jorge Yamamoto -- Economic Welfare, Poverty, And Subjective Wellbeing / James Copestake, Jackie Velazco, Monica Guillen Royo, Tim Hinks & Andy Mckay -- Wellbeing And Migration / Becky Lockley, Teofilo Altamirano & James Copestake -- Wellbeing And Community Institutions / Jose Luis Alvarez -- Peru: A Wellbeing Or Insecurity Regime? / Geof Wood & James Copestake -- Conclusions / James Copestake & Jorge Yamamoto Edited By James Copestake. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [243]-264) And Index. Contents......Page 6 List of Figures......Page 8 List of Tables......Page 10 Foreword and Acknowledgements......Page 12 Notes on Contributors......Page 14 Abbreviations......Page 16 1 Introduction and Overview......Page 18 2 Resources, Conflict, and Social Identity in Context......Page 48 3 Subjective Wellbeing: An Alternative Approach......Page 78 4 Economic Welfare, Poverty, and Subjective Wellbeing......Page 120 5 Wellbeing and Migration......Page 138 6 Wellbeing and Institutions......Page 170 7 Reproducing Unequal Security: Peru as a Wellbeing Regime......Page 202 8 Conclusions and Implications for Development Policy and Practice......Page 228 9 Implications for Wellbeing Research and Theory......Page 248 References......Page 260 D......Page 282 I......Page 283 P......Page 284 V......Page 285 W......Page 286