Gebundenes Buch

Making a Difference?

Social Assessment Policy and Praxis and its Emergence in China

Herausgeber: Price, Susanna; Robinson, Kathryn

Beschreibung

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.

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).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 610g
• ISBN-13: 9781782384571
• ISBN-10: 178238457X
• Artikelnr.: 42402952