Making a difference?: social assessment policy and praxis and its emergence in China
In: Asia-Pacific studies: past and present volume 6
Intro -- 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 Development -- 5 -- Seeds of Life: Social Research for Improved Farmer Yields in Timor-Leste -- Part 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 China -- 10 -- Improving Social Impact Assessment and Participatory Planning to Identify and Manage Involuntary Resettlement Risks in the People's Republic of China -- 11 -- Stakeholder Participation in Rural Land Acquisition in China: A Case Study of the Resettlement Decision-making Process -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Glossary -- Index.