Transforming society : strategies for social development from Singapore, Asia and around the world / edited by Ngoh Tiong Tan with Steve Chan, Kalyani Mehta and David Androff.
"Social change affects all quarters of life and human society whether in individual neighbourhoods, communities or nations, or in the world as a whole--encompassing many issues of gender, age, social class and ethnicity. This book examines both the conceptual as well as operational aspects of s...
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Full Text (via Taylor & Francis) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , |
| Other title: | Transforming society (Routledge (Firm)) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2017.
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| Series: | Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ;
91. |
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| Summary: | "Social change affects all quarters of life and human society whether in individual neighbourhoods, communities or nations, or in the world as a whole--encompassing many issues of gender, age, social class and ethnicity. This book examines both the conceptual as well as operational aspects of social transformation and social development. It examines societal transformation at the individual, group, community, national and international levels using a range of case studies from Singapore, Asia and around the world. The five sections of this book highlight challenges to social development; workforce and migration, social welfare and social care; women and development; community development and sustainability issues. Social development and social transformation are presented as intertwined concepts that affect citizens in profound ways from social care to social well-being, construction of social relationship as well as community life, capacity building and nation building"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxv, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1351794973 9781351794978 9781351794961 1351794965 9781351794954 9781315205755 1315205750 1351794957 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |