Overview
Human development may encompass social, cultural and spiritual facets as well as economic improvement, and development organizations are beginning to recognize this fact. But building into programming a wider understanding of development throws up a number of questions: how do our organizations define wellbeing and quality of life? What do target communities in the global north or south mean by a quality of life? How can we measure change in wellbeing, and attribute it to our programming? Wellbeing and Quality of Life Assessment is a practical resource for people working in social or development policy and practice who are thinking about integrating wellbeing or quality of life in their work in both the global North and South.The main body of the book presents different tools that have been developed and used in social and development policy and practice and outlines the inspiration behind their approach, how it works, what has been learnt through it, and issues and dilemmas that remain.
Full Product Details
Author: Sarah C White ,
Asha Abeyasekera
Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
Imprint: Practical Action Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.357kg
ISBN: 9781853398421
ISBN 10: 185339842
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 15 October 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
This book clearly outlines key issues about community wellbeing and quality of life, linking them to concrete initiatives that open up many possibilities for practitioners. --Diane Gillespie, Emeritus Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences This book provides welcome and accessible advice on how to go about ensuring participation in developing new metrics for development. --Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Advisor
-This book clearly outlines key issues about community wellbeing and quality of life, linking them to concrete initiatives that open up many possibilities for practitioners.---Diane Gillespie, Emeritus Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
This book clearly outlines key issues about community wellbeing and quality of life, linking them to concrete initiatives that open up many possibilities for practitioners.
Author Information
Sarah C. White is senior lecturer at the University of Bath. She has more than ten years' experience researching wellbeing in developing countries, with the ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries (2002-7); the Religions and Development Research Programme Consortium (2005-10) and the Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways project, 2010-14. Asha Abeyasekera is a lecturer at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She worked as Lead Researcher and Programme Manager of the Psychosocial Assessment of Development and Humanitarian Interventions (PADHI) Project, 2006-9.
