Global Frontiers of Social Development in Theory and Practice [electronic resource] : Climate, Economy, and Justice /
Mohan, Brij,1939-
Mohan, B.editor.
This volume examines developmentality and the archeology of its social practices, unfolding systemic failures that muffle progress. Economic, climate, and social justice are the areas of focus for this analysis of human-social development in the fog of ideological-institutional meltdowns.
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Cover; Half-Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Foreword; notes; References; Prologue; notes; References; Part 1 Social Practice: Frontiers of Human and Social Development; 1 On Social Practice: Archeology  of Science and Hope; The Archeology of Help; Science, Social Sciences, and Hope; "Fabrication of the Disciplinary Individual"12: Social Work as Its Own Nemesis; Notes; References; 2 The Cultivation of an Eco-civilization1; Sustainability Revisited; Global Inequality
Evidence-Based Inconvenient TruthToward an Egalitarian Paradigm: Conclusion; notes; References; 3 The Economic Illusions That  Hold Back Human Development; Introduction; Money; Finance; Functionality; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; 4 Economic Growth as  Social Problem: The Case  of Climate Change; Introduction; A Dynamic and Relational Concept of Social Problems; Emerging Social Problems: Climate Change and Economic Growth; Conclusion; notes; References; 5 Dialectics of Development: How Social Sciences Fail People; Introduction; Meaning of Development
Concepts from the Social Sciences and Implications for DevelopmentEconomics; Sociology; Psychology; Anthropology; Public Health; Role of Social Work in Development; Conclusion; Note; References; 6 Environmental Justice: Experiments in Democratic Participation-An  Indo-American Experience1; Postulates and Premises; A Framework; International Experiences: Indo-US Genesis, Forces, and Policy-Practice Outcomes; Lessons from the United States: Frontiers of Proactive Public Policy Practice; Road to Environmental Justice: The American Way; India: Continued Ordeal and Opportunities
Mighty Rivers Silenced: Arundhati's OrdealThe Narmada Project: A Master Plan and Massive Protests; The Chipko Andolan (Movement); The Maximal Cities: Delhi, Dhaka, and Dharavi; Quality of Life: Issues and Thrusts; Seven Steps: Toward a Magnificent Future; Conclusion; notes; References; Part 2 Toward Comparative Social Development; 7 Comparative Social  Welfare Revisited; Unraveling Comparative Social Welfare (CSW): The Threshold and Plateaus; Constructs, Logic, and Their Evolution; Nature of Comparative Social Welfare: Issues and Aspects; Conundrums and Conflicts; Vehicle of Global Praxis
Dickensian Dualities and BeyondA Framework for Comparative-Analytic Method; CSW and Its Applications: A Few Good Practices; Health Care; Diversity and Antidiscrimination; Structure of Inequality; Social Work: Education, Practice, and Research (SW-EPR); notes; References; 8 Social Welfare and Transformative Practice1; Postulates and Prologue; Ideology, Governance, and the Human Condition; The Civil Society: A Crisis at the Crossroads; The Iron Law: Equality + Justice = Diversity; Anatomy of Global Malaise and Poverty of Imagination; An Innovative Framework for Policy Analysis
Postideological Angst and Apogee
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This volume examines developmentality and the archeology of its social practices, unfolding systemic failures that muffle progress. Economic, climate, and social justice are the areas of focus for this analysis of human-social development in the fog of ideological-institutional meltdowns.
International relations.
Globalization.
Economic policy.
Political science.
Political sociology.
Regional planning.
Urban planning.
International Relations.
Globalization.
Development Policy.
Political Science.
Political Sociology.
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.