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Social progress and sustainable development / Neil Thin.
LIBRA HM891 .T48 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thin, Neil.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Progress.
- Social change.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- x, 182 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomfield, CT : Kumarian Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- The third term 1
- Adding value by addressing 'social' dimensions 4
- Socially responsible development 6
- The scope of this book 7
- 2 Social concepts and principles 12
- Sustainable development objectives and principles 12
- Social dimensions of change: why concepts matter 16
- The 'three pillars' framework
- or is it a balloon and two pins? 23
- Human development and the individual/society distinction 29
- 3 Trend assessments and visions of progress 32
- Social policy and the dominance of pathology 32
- Social trends and unsustainabilities 37
- Social goals, models and sources of optimism 43
- Operational principles and concepts of social progress 47
- Utopian and communitarian literature 55
- 4 Social planning 61
- Identifying social development strategies 61
- Intrinsic and instrumental values of social change 65
- Blueprint and learning process approaches to social planning 67
- Defensive, targeted, and positive mainstreaming approaches 72
- Stakeholders, actors, and new partnerships 77
- 5 Core social development themes 83
- Four categories of social progress 83
- Social justice: equity and rights 84
- Solidarity 87
- Participation, social inclusion, and diversity 93
- Security: resilience, adaptability 96
- Synergies and trade-offs 99
- 6 Learning strategies 103
- Social assessment and learning: content, process and purposes 103
- Components of learning strategies 105
- Evaluation 108
- Developing indicators of social progress 112
- Participatory learning as a social process 121
- Global and regional assessments and generic analysis 124
- National assessment 127
- Thematic assessments 131
- 7 Conclusions: social issues in policy and practice 134
- Description, norms and plans 134
- Linking principles with description and plans 136
- Paying attention to qualities and causal patterns 137
- The contribution of social planning to sustainable development 139.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [148]-174) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1565491572
- OCLC:
- 50006534
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