Misrepresenting Chinese Folk Happiness: A Critique of a Study

Po-Keung Ip ()

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2013, vol. 110, issue 2, 695-702

Abstract: Discourses on Chinese folk happiness are often based on anecdotal narratives or qualitative analysis. A recent study on Chinese folk happiness using qualitative method seems to provide some empirical findings beyond anecdotal evidence on Chinese folk happiness. This paper critically examines the study’s constructed image of Chinese folk happiness, its methodology and account of traditional Chinese happiness, and finds them wanting. A brief account of Chinese traditional happiness is provided. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013

Keywords: Chinese folk happiness; Confucianism; Chinese culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9953-z

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