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Making a difference? : social assessment policy and praxis and its emergence in China /

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 practi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Price, Susanna (Social development specialist) (Editor ), Robinson, Kathryn May, 1949- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, [2015]
Colección:Asia Pacific studies ; v. 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Making Economic Growth Socially Sustainable?
  • Part I
  • Engaged Social Research in Shifting Development Narratives
  • Introduction to Part I
  • 1
  • Landmarks in Development: The Introduction of Social Analysis
  • 2
  • Social Science and the Mining Sector: Contemporary Roles and Dilemmas for Engagement
  • 3
  • Practising Social Development: Navigating Local Contexts to Benefit Local Communities
  • 4
  • Striving for Good Practice: Unpacking AusAID's Approach to Community Development
  • 5
  • Seeds of Life: Social Research for Improved Farmer Yields in Timor-Leste
  • Part II
  • Applying Sociological Knowledge in China
  • Introduction to Part II
  • 6
  • Social Assessment in China: Progress and Application in Domestic Development Projects
  • 7
  • Turning Risks into Opportunities? Social Assessment as Governmental Techologies
  • 8
  • Participatory Monitoring of Development Projects in China
  • 9
  • How Social Assessment Could Improve Conservation Policy and Projects: Cases from Pastoral Management in China
  • 10
  • Improving Social Impact Assessment and Participatory Planning to Identify and Manage Involuntary Resettlement Risks in the People's Republic of China
  • 11
  • Stakeholder Participation in Rural Land Acquisition in China: A Case Study of the Resettlement Decision-making Process
  • Conclusion
  • Contributors
  • Glossary
  • Index.