Global Frontiers of Social Development in Theory and Practice: Climate, Economy, and Justice

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
On Social Practice: Archeology of Science and Hope....Pages 3-30
The Cultivation of an Eco-Civilization....Pages 31-44
The Economic Illusions That Hold Back Human Development....Pages 45-60
Economic Growth as Social Problem: The Case of Climate Change....Pages 61-72
Dialectics of Development: How Social Sciences Fail People....Pages 73-85
Environmental Justice: Experiments in Democratic Participation—An Indo-American Experience....Pages 87-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Comparative Social Welfare Revisited....Pages 117-142
Social Welfare and Transformative Practice....Pages 143-166
China as a Mirror and a Testing Ground for Governance Beyond the West....Pages 167-188
Indigenous Communities’ Informal Care and Welfare Systems for Local-Level Social Development in India....Pages 189-207
Outsourcing of Corruption: India’s Counterdevelopment....Pages 209-222
On The Madness of Caste: Dalits; Muslims; and Normalized Incivilities in Neoliberal India....Pages 223-240
Mission Lost: What Does Evidence Base and Standardization Mean for International Social Work?....Pages 241-254
Epilogue: Mendacity of Development....Pages 255-262
Back Matter....Pages 263-269