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Title Building sustainable communities : civil society response in South Asia / Md. Nurul Momen, Rajendra Baikady, Cheng Sheng Li, M. Basavaraj, editors
Published Singapore ; Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (liii, 850 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: Civil Society in the era of Globalization: emerging concerns as a social welfare provider.- Part I: Changing South Asian Society and Developmental Challenges.- Chapter 1: Role of Civil Society Organization in the Welfare of People with Deaf and blindness in South Asia: A Case Study on Sense International India.- Chapter 2: Youth Welfare: Situating Civil Society Organizations in Developmental Paradigm.- Chapter 3: Samurdhi Programme as a poverty alleviation strategy: An evaluation study based on Bodhi Gramma village in Gampha District in Sri Lanka.- Chapter 4: Vulnerability of Charland dwellers to Climate Change: Various Adaptation practices in Bangladesh.- Part II: The State, Civil Society Organization and Social Welfare.- Chapter 5: Media and NGOs: Strategic Effective Governance.- Chapter 6: The role of civil society in democratic consolidation process in Bangladesh.- Chapter 7: Civil Society And Political Change: Globalization And Transforming Relations in South Asia.- Chapter 8: Democratic Practice and Good Governance in Nepal.- Chapter 9: Taxonomy of State-CSOs Relations in India.- Chapter 10: The civil struggle to access airways: Study on SARU Community Radio Initiative -- Sri Lanka.- Part III: Civil Society initiatives for Women Welfare.- Chapter 11: Civil Society as the Guardian of Women's Human Rights in India.- Chapter 12: Social welfare in India: role of Sri Skhetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Programme in women empowerment.- Chapter 13: Role and Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations in Women Empowerment: A Case Study of the All Pakistan Women's Association (APWA).- Chapter 14: Civil society contribution in women empowerment.- Chapter 15: Women empowerment -- Impact assessment of select Interventions by Various Third Sector Organizations in India.- Part IV: Building Sustainable communities: Civil society Response.- Chapter 16: Social Audit a tool to Access Social justice.- Chapter 17: Social System Breakdown of Bangladesh due to Rohingya Crisis: In Search for Possible Solution.- Chapter 18: Impact of Organic Farming on Sustainable Livelihood of Farmers.- Chapter 19: Managerial Efficacy of Jagratha Samithi cum Family Empowerment Forum : A Case Study of Panancherry Panchayat.- Chapter 20: People with Disabilities: Roles of Social Workers for Rehabilitation in Bangladesh.- Chapter 21: Poverty and Social Inequality: Bangladesh Experience.- Part V: Contemporary South Asian Civil Society : Issues Challenges and Concerns.- Chapter 22: Civil Society in South Asia: Issues, Themes and Prospects.- Chapter 23: Role of Civil Society in Bangladesh: Challenges and Prospect.- Chapter 24: Proactive functions of CSOs in Post War Situations -- Importance of having branded CSOs (Learnings from Sri Lanka).- Chapter 25: Role of civil Society in the developmental discourse of South Asian Region.- Part VI : Child Welfare in South Asia.- Chapter 26: Child Welfare Practice in Organizational and Institutional Context of Bangladesh.- Chapter 27: Trafficking of Children- Social Work Strategies in Prevention and Reintegration.- Chapter 28: Efforts towards Education: Looking into non-government supports for non-formal education in Bangladesh.- Part VII Civil Society -- Social Welfare in a Comparative Perspective.- Chapter 29: Making Sense of Civil Society: The Experience of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal.- Chapter 30: Civil Society, Political Stability and Peace-building in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka: A Comparative Study.- Part VIII : Towards Achieving 2030 Agenda -- Issues Challenges and Concerns.- Chapter 31: Popular Participation (Civil society) in Environmental Governance in Non-Western Societies.- Chapter 32: Transforming Gender Power Relations in Bhutan: Housewives to Politicians.- Chapter 33: Forest Rights Act (2006) and Community Conflicts in the Perspective of Sustainable Community Development: A Case Study on Lodha Tribes of West Bengal.- Chapter 34: Ensuring Safety for women at the public spaces -- Needs and approaches.- Chapter 35: We are Stressed of Nuclear Power Plant -- 2014.- Chapter 36: Hajj and Umrah Management in Bangladesh: Issues, Challenges and Human Rights perspective.- Conclusion: The Modern Welfare States-Civil Society Organization and The Welfare Challenges: Global and Local Debates
Summary The book aims to explore South Asian third sector the nonprofit organizations as provider of social services. The book defines social welfare and describe its relationship to social service programmes and individual well-being; understands the social policy development from the problem identification to policy implementation; describes the range of organization of social service agencies that are responsible for providing social welfare programmes; explores the various roles that professional and non- professional helpers provide in the delivery of social welfare and their influence in promoting change in policy development; and understands the umbrella concept of Child welfare, welfare of people with disability and elderly welfare in welfare policy. Md Nurul Momen is a Professor in the department of Public Administration at University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Rajendra Baikady is a Post-Doctoral Researcher and Confucius Institute Understanding China Fellow at the Department of Social Work Shandong University, Peoples Republic of China. Cheng Shengli is a Professor in the Department of Social Work School of Philosophy and Social Development Shandong University, Peoples Republic of China. Basavaraj M. is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Department of Economic Studies and Planning School of Business Studies Central University of Karnataka, India
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Sustainable development -- South Asia
Human services -- South Asia
Civil society -- South Asia
Social policy
Civil society
Human services
Sustainable development
SUBJECT South Asia -- Social policy
Subject South Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Momen, Nurul, editor
Baikady, Rajendra, editor
Sheng Li, Cheng, editor
Basavaraj, M. (Assistant professor in economics), editor.
ISBN 9789811523939
9811523932