Adaptation, Poverty and Development The Dynamics of Subjective Well-Being

by Clark, David Alexander

• ISBN13: 9780230360563
• ISBN10: 0230360564
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The first book to examine in detail the ways in which people adapt their understanding and behaviors towards poverty as a direct result to their experiences of poverty in developing countries, including world-leading academics and case studies from China, India, Ethiopia and South Africa.

Author Biography

David Alexander Clark is Research Associate at the Brooks World Poverty Institute of the University of Manchester, UK, Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Development Studies of the University of Cambridge, UK, and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion of the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Previous publications include The Elgar Companion to Development Studies and Visions of Development: A Study of Human Values.

Table of Contents

'Economics is venturing into a new world previously inhabited by psychologists, the extent to which people adapt in various ways to changing circumstances. Better knowledge of adaptation is fundamental to advancing our understanding of human behavior and feelings of well-being. This volume is a welcome and valuable contribution to an important and much-neglected subject.' – Richard A. Easterlin, Professor of Economics, University of Southern California, USA'This book breaks new ground by bringing together theoretical and empirical perspectives on the problem of adaptation, using case studies in India, China and Africa. Clear, insightful and methodical, it will become essential reading for all those interested in the increasingly important question of how to interpret subjective measures of well-being, especially in a development context.' – Tania Burchardt, Deputy Director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK