Full Description
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 four parts of this book highlight the challenges of social development; issues concerning workforce and migration; welfare, women and social care; as well as, community development and capacity building. 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.
Contents
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
FOREWORD by Hee Kiat Cheong
FOREWORD by Barbara W. Shank
PREFACE
PRELUDE: Social policy issues and social development in Singapore and around the world by Tharman Shanmugaratnam
INTRODUCTION1.Transforming Society: Leadership, Social Development and Social Change
SECTION I. CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
2. Sustaining Social Development in the 21st Century
3. Fifty Years of Social Innovation: Reflections on Social Policy in Singapore
4. Government's Approach towards Social Policies in a Digital Age
5. Social Development in Asia
6. Social Development and Social Research in Africa
SECTION II. WORKFORCE AND MIGRATION
7. Measuring Transformative Workforce Activation Using the Comprehensive Employment Hope Scale
8. Transforming Thai-Myanmar Borderland: de facto Statelessness, Indigenous Minorities and Internally Displaced Persons
9. Social Work and Social Welfare Preparations for ASEAN Economic Community Integration
SECTION III. WELFARE, WOMEN AND SOCIAL CARE
10. Toward a Synergy of Tripartite Empowerment for Older Persons
11. Transforming Long-Term Care in Three Chinese Societies
12. Flood Disasters in Malaysia: Psychosocial Care and Social Work Intervention
13. Women in Household Decision-Making and their contribution to Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria
SECTION IV. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING
14. Social Development in Agrarian and Non-Agrarian Communities in the Philippines
15. Host Organization Perspectives of Volunteer Traits: Implications for Selection and Training
16. Asset Based Community Development (ABCD): An Alternative Path for Community Development
17. Social Work Education for Social Transformation
