ISBN:
9781782384588
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
316 p.
Edition:
1st edition
Series Statement:
Asia-Pacific Studies: Past and Present 6
Keywords:
Development Studies
Abstract:
Social assessment for projects in China is an important emerging field. This collection of essays - from authors whose formative work has influenced the policies that shape practice in development-affected communities - locates recent Chinese experience of the development of social assessment practices (including in displacement and resettlement) in a historical and comparative perspective. Contributors - social scientists employed by international development banks, national government agencies, and sub-contracting groups - examine projects from a practitioner's perspective. Real-life experiences are presented as case-specific praxis, theoretically informed insight, and pragmatic lessons-learned, grounded in the history of this field of development practice. They reflect on work where economic determinism reigns supreme, yet project failure or success often hinges upon sociopolitical and cultural factors.
Description / Table of Contents:
Figures and Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Making Economic Growth Socially Sustainable? -- Susanna Price -- PART i: ENGAGED SOCIAL RESEARCH IN SHIFTING DEVELOPMENT NARRATIVES -- Introduction to Part One -- Susanna Price -- Chapter 1. Landmarks in Development: The Introduction of Social Analysis -- Michael M. Cernea -- Chapter 2. Social Science and the Mining Sector: Contemporary Roles and Dilemmas for Engagement -- Deanna Kemp and John R. Owen -- Chapter 3. Practicing Social Development: Navigating Local Contexts to Benefit Local Communities -- Aaron Kyle Dennis and Gregory Eliyu Guldin -- Chapter 4. Striving for Good Practice: Unpacking AusAID's approach to Community Development -- Kathryn Robinson and Andrew McWilliam -- Chapter 5. Seeds of Life: Social Research for Improved Farmer Yields in East Timor -- Andrew McWilliam, Modesto Lopes, Diana Glazebrook, Marcelino de Jesus da Costa, and Anita Ximenes -- PART II: APPLYING SOCIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN CHINA -- Introduction to Part Two -- Susanna Price -- Chapter 6. Social Assessment in the People's Republic of China: Progress and Application in Domestic Development Projects -- Li Kaimeng -- Chapter 7. Turning Risks into Opportunities? Social Assessment as Governmental Technologies -- Bettina Gransow (柯兰君) -- Chapter 8. Participatory Monitoring of Development Projects in China -- David Arthur and Jianliang Xiao (Elisa) -- Chapter 9. How Social Assessment Could Improve Conservation Policy and Projects: Cases from Pastoral Management in China -- Wang Xiaoyi -- Chapter 10. Improving Social Impact Assessment and Participatory Planning to Identify and Manage Involuntary Resettlement Risks in the People's Republic of China -- Scott G. Ferguson and Wenlong Zhu -- Chapter 11. Stakeholder Participation in Rural Land Acquisition in China: A Case Study of the Resettlement Decision-making Process -- Yu Qingnian and Shi Guoqing -- Conclusion -- Susanna Price -- Notes on Contributors -- Glossary -- Index --
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