04061nam 2200673 450 991078818940332120200520144314.01-78238-458-810.1515/9781782384588(CKB)2670000000594109(EBL)1707799(MiAaPQ)EBC1707799(Au-PeEL)EBL1707799(CaPaEBR)ebr11019556(CaONFJC)MIL726353(OCoLC)903317623(DE-B1597)636592(DE-B1597)9781782384588(EXLCZ)99267000000059410920150218h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierMaking a difference? social assessment policy and praxis and its emergence in China /edited by Susanna Price and Kathryn RobinsonNew York ;Oxford, [England] :berghahn,2015.©20151 online resource (315 p.)Asia-Pacific Studies: Past and PresentDescription based upon print version of record.1-78238-457-X 1-322-95071-7 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.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 Development5 - Seeds of Life: Social Research for Improved Farmer Yields in Timor-LestePart 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 China10 - Improving Social Impact Assessment and Participatory Planning to Identify and Manage Involuntary Resettlement Risks in the People's Republic of China11 - Stakeholder Participation in Rural Land Acquisition in China: A Case Study of the Resettlement Decision-making Process; Conclusion; Contributors; Glossary; Index 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 experiAsia Pacific studies.Economic development projectsSocial aspectsChinaSocial planningChinaNeeds assessmentChinaPublic welfareChinaChinaSocial policyChinaEconomic policyEconomic development projectsSocial aspectsSocial planningNeeds assessmentPublic welfare338.951Price Susanna(Social development specialist),Robinson Kathryn May1949-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788189403321Making a difference952321UNINA