Ngoh Tiong (Hrsg.) Tan

Transforming Society

Strategies for Social Development from Singapore, Asia and Around the World

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Social change affects all quarters of life and human society whether in individual neighbourhoods, communities or nations, or in the world as a whole--encompassing many issues of gender, age, social class and ethnicity. This book examines both the conceptual as well as operational aspects of social transformation and social development. It examines societal transformation at the individual, group, community, national and international levels using a range of case studies from Singapore, Asia and around the world. The five sections of this book highlight challenges to social development; workforce and migration, social welfare and social care;… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Chan, Steve (Hrsg.) / Mehta, Kalyani (Hrsg.) / Androff, David (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-138-63677-4
EAN: 9781138636774
Produktnummer: 23326639
Verlag: Taylor and Francis
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm 453 g
Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
Gewicht: 453

Über den Autor

Ngoh Tiong Tan is Professor of Social Work and former Dean of School of Human Development and Social Services, SIM University Singapore, recently renamed as Singapore University of Social Sciences. Prof. Tan is also Chair of the Global Institute of Social Work (GISW), past President of Singapore Association of Social Workers, immediate past Chair of the Commonwealth Organisation for Social Workers (COSW), past Vice-President of International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW). He led IFSW and COSW's FAST (Families and Survivors of Tsunami) Project as an international social work response to the Asian tsunami disaster and chaired the recent International Consortium for Social Development conference in Singapore. He is currently President of ConneXions International, a non-profit society with the mission to assist international students, scholars and new residents in Singapore.