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020 _a9781446294987 (ebook) :
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050 0 0 _aHN29.5
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100 1 _aMidgley, James,
_eauthor.
_961978
245 1 0 _aSocial development :
_btheory & practice /
_cJames Midgley.
246 3 _aSocial development, theory and practice
264 1 _aLos Angeles :
_bSage,
_c2014.
300 _a1 online resource (280 pages) :
_billustrations
336 _atext
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336 _astill image
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 240-264) and index.
588 _aDescription based on MARC record for print version.
505 0 _achapter 1. Defining social development -- chapter 2. The history of social development -- chapter 3. Theoretical debates and the social development process -- chapter 4. Theoretical principles and social development practice -- chapter 5. Investments in skills and knowledge : the role of human capital -- chapter 6. Social capital, communities and social development -- chapter 7. Promoting decent work and employment : policies and investments -- chapter 8. Microenterprise, microfinance and social development -- chapter 9. Assets and social development -- chapter 10. Social protection as a social development strategy -- chapter 11. Social planning, rights and social development -- chapter 12. The agenda : achieving social development.
520 _aWalking through social development's key theoretical principles and practice strategies, this book shows how it promotes peoples' wellbeing not only in the Global South, where it first emerged, but in the Western countries as well. It covers: -- Definitions and an historical evolution of social development -- Key theoretical debates around social well-being, human rights and social justice -- Social development practice such as human capital interventions, community development and cooperatives, asset building, employment creation policies and programmes, microenterprises and social planning among others -- Future challenges; global poverty, international aid and trade, and global inequality, conflict and injustice. Complete with international examples drawn from around the world, Social Development: Theory and Practice demonstrates how social development theory translates into practical application. This book is ...
650 0 _aApplied sociology.
_961979
650 0 _aSocial change.
_958817
776 0 8 _iPrint version :
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776 0 8 _iPrint version :
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856 4 0 _3SAGE Knowledge
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