Cultures of of Aspiration and Poverty? Aspirational Inequalities in Northeast and Southern Thailand

Camfield, Laura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0165-9857, Masae, Awae, McGregor, J. Allister and Promphaking, Buapun (2012) Cultures of of Aspiration and Poverty? Aspirational Inequalities in Northeast and Southern Thailand. Working Paper. University of East Anglia, UK.

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Abstract

The paper provides micro-level evidence of rising inequality in Thailand, using data from an intensive study of seven communities in Northeast and Southern Thailand. This inequality affects participants’ material and subjective wellbeing, their aspirations, and the extent to which they feel these are realised. The paper argues that adaptation, expressed as reduced aspirations, could explain why the effect of material poverty on people’s satisfaction with their lives is small. The reduction in attainment of aspirations linked to socio-economic status suggests that a small, but constant group of people are being excluded from a shift in the societal consensus over what constitutes a good life.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 10 - reduced inequalities ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/reduced_inequalities
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	Laura Camfield
Date Deposited:	08 Aug 2012 14:02
Last Modified:	28 Jul 2023 03:56
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/39241
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