An Anthropology of Welfare: Journeying towards the Good Life
2011; Berghahn Books; Volume: 18; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3167/aia.2011.180301
ISSN1752-2285
AutoresSusanne Langer, Susanne Højlund,
Tópico(s)Income, Poverty, and Inequality
ResumoThis issue of Anthropology in Action is dedicated to the study of welfare – understood as a social, culturally specific and long-term process of transformation – from an anthropological perspective. But is a study of 'welfare' still relevant and is it an appropriate concept to study what counts as a 'good life' well-lived? Has comprehensive publicly funded welfare still a role to play, or have collective welfare arrangements and institutions not been replaced by individuals' personal quests for well-being?
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