- Appeals to moral and ethical values, while highlighting technology assessments via economic or political models
- Focuses on the role and place of communication and culture
- Adds value to themes, which are normally monopolized by economics, engineers and politicians
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This book presents research that focuses on Sustainable Development in Asia. Chapters are extended works of papers presented at Communication/Culture and The Sustainable Development Goals (CCSDG): Challenges for a New Generation, an international conference held in Chiang Mai University in December 2015. The chapters address assessments of Millennium Development Goals in several Asian countries and the region as a whole. The book also identifies and discusses the changes and potential improvements in the transition from Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015) to Sustainable Development Goals (2015-2030). Areas that are covered in the book, which are illustrated with case studies, include Corporate Social Accountability, Information and Communications Technologies, and Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The book serves as a useful resource for academics, scholars, students, and policymakers, interested in Development Studies.
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Jan Servaes (PhD) is UNESCO Chair in Communication for Sustainable Social Change. He has taught International Communication and Communication for Social Change in Australia, Belgium, China, Hong Kong, the United States, The Netherlands, and Thailand, in addition to several teaching stints at about 120 universities in 55 countries.
Servaes is Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier journal “Telematics and Informatics: An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Social Impacts of New Technologies”, and Editor of the Lexington Book Series “Communication, Globalization and Cultural Identity”, and the Springer Book Series “Communication, Culture and Change in Asia”.
Servaes has undertaken research, development, and advisory work around the world and is the author of journal articles and books on such topics as international and development communication; ICT and media policies; intercultural communication; participation and social change; and human rights and conflict management. He is known for his ‘multiplicity paradigm’ in “Communication for Development. One World, Multiple Cultures” (1999).
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Introduction: From MDGs to SDGs
Pages 1-21
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The Transition from MDGs to SDGs: Rethinking Buzzwords
Pages 23-40
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Religious Environmentalism and Environmental Sustainability in Asia
Pages 41-68
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Perspective: Lessons from the American Episcopal Missions in Sagada, Northern Philippines
Pages 69-83
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Companies’ Accountability in Sustainability: A Comparative Analysis of SDGs in Five Countries
Pages 85-106
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Sustainable Development Goals in the Asian Context
- Editors
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- Jan Servaes
- Series Title
- Communication, Culture and Change in Asia
- Series Volume
- 2
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-981-10-2815-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-10-2815-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-981-10-2814-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-981-10-9711-9
- Series ISSN
- 2366-4665
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIV, 174
- Number of Illustrations
- 19 b/w illustrations
- Topics
