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 Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction and Overview....Pages 1-29 Resources, Conflict, and Social Identity in Context....Pages 31-60 Subjective Wellbeing: An Alternative Approach....Pages 61-101 Economic Welfare, Poverty, and Subjective Wellbeing....Pages 103-120 Wellbeing and Migration....Pages 121-151 Wellbeing and Institutions....Pages 153-184 Reproducing Unequal Security: Peru as a Wellbeing Regime....Pages 185-209 Conclusions and Implications for Development Policy and Practice....Pages 211-230 Implications for Wellbeing Research and Theory....Pages 231-242 Back Matter....Pages 243-269 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. This book examines world development, focusing on Peru as a case study. Contributors explore how wellbeing hinges not only on our relationships to things (jobs, higher income, basic services), but also on our relationship to other people, to ideas, and to values