Global Frontiers of Social Development in Theory and Practice: Climate, Economy, and Justice

ISBN-13: 9781137460707 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 269 str.

Brij Mohan; Brij Mohan

Opis

This volume explodes myths about social welfare and development and offers a critical interface between "comparative social welfare" and "new social development." Brij Mohan has assembled a leading group of scholars and educators to reflect on climate change, economics, and social justice and together unfold the dynamics and dialectics at the variegated nexus of human-social development. In his own chapters, Mohan draws on a life's experience as a dedicated social work pioneer. His findings explore new dimensions of social practice, which enhance its relevance in a globalized culture that breeds social meltdowns, economic inequality, and global injustice.

Spis treści

Books Also By Brij Mohan Our Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword Robert Kowalski Prologue Brij Mohan Part One Social Practice: Frontiers of Human and Social Development I. Archeology of Social Practice Brij Mohan II. The Cultivation of Eco-Civilization Brij Mohan III. The Economic Illusions that Holdback Human Development Roberts Kowalski IV. Economic Growth as Social Problem: The Case of Climate Change Max Koch V. Dialectics of Development: How Social Science Fails Shweta Singh VI. Environmental Justice Brij Mohan Part Two Toward Comparative Social Development VII. Comparative Social Welfare Revisited Brij Mohan VIII Social Welfare for Transformative Practice Brij Mohan IX. Extending Baselines of Shifts in Governance beyond the West: China as a Mirror Testing Ground of Governance Sander Chan and Matthias Stepan X. Indigenous Communities' Informal Care and Welfare Systems for Local Level Social Development in India Manohar Pawar and Bipin Jojo XI. Outsourcing of Corruption: A Case of Counter-Development Vijay P. Singh XII. The Madness of Caste Suryakant Waghmore and Qudsiya Contractor XIII. Mission Lost: What Does Evidence Base and Standardization Mean for International Social Work? Nairuti Jani Epilogue: Mendacity of Development Indices

O autorze

Sander Chan, Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam Qudsiya Contractor, Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India David G. Embrick, Sociology Department, Loyola University Chicago, USA Nairruti Jani, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA Bipin Jojo, Centre for Social Justice and Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India Max Koch, Social Policy, Lund University, Sweden Robert Kowalski, Instituto Socioambiental e dos Recursos Hídricos, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Brazil Manohar Pawar, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Australia Brij Mohan, Louisiana State University, USA Shweta Singh, School of Social Work, Loyola University Chicago Vijay P. Singh, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA Matthias Stepan, Department of Political Science, VU University Amsterdam Suryakant Waghmore, Centre for Environmental Equity and Justice, Tata Institute of Social Sciences