Wellbeing Research and Indicators in Global and Comparative Perspective
Wellbeing Research and Indicators in Global and Comparative Perspective
Abstract Submissions Closed
RC55 Social Indicators (host committee)
Language: English
This session calls for papers which extend theoretical concerns to large-scale structures and processes using or building regional or global indicators. This macro-comparative approach is proposed in contrast to the prevailing theorizing of individual-level variation in happiness or life satisfaction. Questions that deserve more scholarly attention include: What are the current human conditions from a wellbeing perspective? How do global institutional structures and transformations affect happiness? Do people in low-income countries fare well in recent decades in obtaining a decent standard of living as they desire?
Also, we need more updates on the influence of national cultures or state policies on the populations’ wellbeing. Other topics or social indicators employed to compare wellbeing across countries/regions are equally welcome.
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