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Zusatztext "?an excellent collection of essays and case studies offering both a critical and nuanced look at how projects are produced from a practitioner's perspective. Contributing authors . . . reflect work within a development enterprise where economic determinism reigns supreme . . . With an emphasis on highlighting the lessons learned! this book is an engaging! educational! and provocative read." · Barbara Rose Johnston ! Environment! Health and Human Rights! Center for Political Ecology Informationen zum Autor Susanna Price is a Research Associate in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. She has pioneered strategies for social assessment, starting with AusAid, and was then recruited as a social development specialist, with a lead role in resettlement, by the Asian Development Bank. She is recognized internationally as an expert on social assessment in resettlement associated with major infrastructure projects. Publications include a special edited volume on resettlement in Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology (2009). Klappentext A collection of detailed and informative essays and case studies. Explores the emerging and important field of social assessment practices, including displacement and resettlement, in China. Utilises real-life experiences from the various contributors to highlight development policies from a practitioner's perspective. Compares recent Chinese development against its historical past. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 (¿¿¿)
