Tan Transforming Society

Strategies for Social Development from Singapore, Asia and Around the World
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-79497-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 282 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tan, Ngoh Tiong

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE (Barbara Shank)
FOREWORD (Hee Kiat Cheong)
EDITORIAL (Ngoh Tiong Tan, Steve Chan, Kalyani Mehta, David Androff and Editorial Team)
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

INTRODUCTION
1. Prelude - Social Policy Issues and Social Development in Singapore and Around the World (Tharman Shanmugaratnam)

2. Transforming Society: Leadership, Social Development and Social Change (Ngoh Tiong Tan)

SECTION I. CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
3. Sustaining Social Development in the 21st Century (Noeleen Heyzer)
4. Fifty Years of Social Innovation: Reflections on Social Policy in Singapore (Michael Sherraden)
5. Government’s Approach towards Social Policies in a Digital Age (Lawrence Wong)
6. Social Development in Asia (Manohar Pawar)
7. Social Development and Social Research in Africa (Leila Patel)

SECTION II. WORKFORCE AND MIGRATION
8. Measuring Transformative Workforce Activation Using the Comprehensive Employment Hope Scale (Philip Hong)
9. Transforming Thai-Myanmar Borderland: de facto Statelessness, Indigenous Minorities and Internally Displaced Persons (Steve Chan)
10. Social Work and Social Welfare Preparations for ASEAN Economic Community Integration (Puchong Senanuch)

SECTION III. WELFARE, WOMEN AND SOCIAL CARE
11. Toward a Synergy of Tripartite Empowerment for Older Persons (Alvin Mak and Jianbin Xu)
12. Transforming Long-Term Care in Three Chinese Societies (Shiyu Lu and Mattias Ottervik)
13. Flood Disasters in Malaysia: Psychosocial Care and Social Work Intervention (Noremy Binti Md Akhir, Azlinda Binti Azman and Mohd Taufik Mohammad)
14. Women in Household Decision-Making and their contribution to Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria (Hussayn Idris, Imaji O. Z. Sule, Ismail Baba and Rajwani M. D. Zain)

SECTION IV. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING
15. Social Development in Agrarian and Non-Agrarian Communities in the Philippines (Violeta R. Hunt-Engracia)
16. Host Organization Perspectives of Volunteer Traits: Implications for Selection and Training (Sarita Barton, Bradley Tucker, Benjamin Lough)
17. Asset Based Community Development (ABCD): An Alternative Path for Community Development (Aissetu Barry Ibrahima)
18. Social Work Education for Social Transformation (Vimla V. Nadkarni)

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Tan, Ngoh Tiong is Professor of Social Work and former Dean of School of Human Development and Social Services, SIM University Singapore. Prof Tan is also Chair of the Global Institute of Social Work, Past President of Singapore Association of Social Workers, immediate past chair of Commonwealth Organization for Social Workers (COSW), past Vice President of International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW). He led IFSW and COSW’s FAST (Families And Survivors of Tsunami) Project as an international social work response to the Asian tsunami disaster and chaired the recent International Consortium for Social Development conference in Singapore. He is currently President of ConneXions International, a non-profit society with the mission to assist international students, scholars and new residents.