This original collection draws on the latest qualitative empirical research to explore the practical challenges facing happiness researchers today.
By uniquely combining the critical approach of sociology with techniques from other disciplines, the contributors illuminate new and distinctive approaches to the study of happiness and well-being.

Contributions by: Ilona Suojanen, Wolfram Manzenreiter, Barbara Holthus, Sarah Coulthard, Kelly Johnson, David Beel, Claire Wallace, Richard Gibbons, David Tross, Nicholas Hill, Neil Thin