Global frontiers of social development in theory and practice : climate, economy, and justice /: climate, economy, and justice. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brij Mohan.
• Authors: Mohan, Brij, 1939-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 303.3/72; Political science; Social policy; Social planning; Social change; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Social services & welfare, criminology; Society & culture: general; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Social change; Social planning; Social policy; Social services & welfare, criminology; Society & culture: general; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Society; Political Science -- Globalization; Social Science -- Developing Countries; Political Science -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Globalization; Development studies; Political science & theory; Sociology; Regional & area planning; International relations; Globalization; Economic policy; Political sociology; Regional planning; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; International relations; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137460714; 1137460717; 9781349689859; 1349689858; 9781137460721; 1137460725
• Related ISBNs: 9781137460707; 1137460709
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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