Editors:
- Covers the third sector’s development in India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan
- Locates the role and contribution of Third sector in social welfare and sustainable development
- Helps readers to gain critical and comparative perspectives on social welfare and role of civil society organizations in different political, economic, social and cultural contexts and regimes across South Asian countries
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Table of contents (37 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I
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Part II
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Part III
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Part IV
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Md. Nurul Momen
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Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Rajendra Baikady
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Department of Social Work, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Rajendra Baikady
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Department of Social Work, Shandong University, Shandong, China
Cheng Sheng Li
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Dept of Economic Studies and Planning, Central University of Karnataka, Kadganchi, India
M. Basavaraj
About the editors
Md. Nurul Momen is a Professor in the department of Public Administration at University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Dr. Momen has published many articles in the international journals including chapters in different books, dealing in a range of debates in Public Policy and Law, Governance, and Public Sector Reform in South Asia. Dr Momen as a project manager has an extensive experience in implementing a three-year long World Bank project on enhancing the quality of higher education in Bangladesh.
Dr. 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. Prior to this Dr Baikady worked as an Assistant professor at the Department of Social Work, Central university of Karnataka, India. His research examined impetus for social work education in a parliamentary democracy and communist regimes- such as India and China. Dr Baikady was the recipientof prestigious Short Term Research Award (STARA) by the Ministry of Education, Government of Taiwan for conducting research at National Chengchi University Taiwan as visiting Scholar during April to June 2018. In 2018, Dr Baikady was awarded the prestigious Confucius Institute Understanding China fellowship for his research related to social work education in China (2018 October to 2019 march).
Cheng Sheng Li is a Professor in the Department of Social Work School of Philosophy and Social Development Shandong University, Peoples Republic of China. Prof. Cheng has carried out research projects founded by international agencies such as UNESCO, Washington University in St. Louis in U.S, University of British Columbia in Canada, Taiwan Dongwu University. He was a visiting professor for many international university departments. Prof. Cheng has 6 books, 37 research articles (both in English and Chinese) and 05 international projects to his credit. His areas of work are Urban Poverty and Social Assistance, Social Policy and Social Welfare, Social Psychology, Family, Child and Youth.
Basavaraj M is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Department of Economic Studies and Planning School of Business Studies Central University of Karnataka, India since 2012. He has two books, many research articles in national and international journals and presented many papers in various conferences, one of the research paper appreciated at ISBM-2014-Meiji University-Tokyo- Japan. His research manly focuses on regional imbalance and Development, Small scale Industries Agriculture Economics and Social Welfare.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Building Sustainable Communities
Book Subtitle: Civil Society Response in South Asia
Editors: Md. Nurul Momen, Rajendra Baikady, Cheng Sheng Li, M. Basavaraj
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2393-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2392-2Published: 13 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-2393-9Published: 12 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LIII, 850
Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Non-Profit Organizations and Public Enterprises, Politics of the Welfare State, Sustainable Development, Social/Human Development Studies