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This volume examines developmentality and the archeology of its social practices, unfolding systemic failures that muffle progress. Economic, climate, and social justice are the areas of focus for this analysis of human-social development in the fog of id

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By the same author Kafka’s Cave: An Academic Memoir (forthcoming) Global Frontiers of Social Development Theory and Practice: Economy, Climate, and Justice (2015) Reconstruction of Social Psychology (editor, 2015) Death of an Elephant (debut novella, 2013) Society and Social Justice: A Nexus in Review (2012) Development, Poverty of Culture and Social Policy (2011) Fallacies of Development: Crises of Human and Social Development (2007) Reinventing Social Work: Reflections on the Metaphysics of Social Practice (2005) The Practice of Hope (2003) Social Work Revisited (2002) Unification of Social Work: Rethinking Social Transformation (1999) Democracies of Unfreedom: The United States of America and India (1996) Eclipse of Freedom: The World of Oppression (1993) Global Development: Post-Material Values and Social Praxis (1992) Glimpses of International and Comparative Social Welfare (editor, 1989) The Logic of Social Welfare: Conjectures and Formulations (1988) Denial of Existence: Essays on the Human Condition (1987) Toward Comparative Social Welfare (editor, 1985) New Horizons of Social Welfare and Policy (editor, 1985) Social Psychiatry in India: A Treatise on the Mentally Ill (1972) India’s Social Problems: Analyzing Basic Issues (1972)

Global Fr ontiers of S ocial D eve l o pm e n t i n Th e o r y a n d Practice C l i m at e , E c o n o m y, a n d Ju s t i c e

Authored and Edited by Brij Mohan

GLOBAL FRONTIERS OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

Copyright © Brij Mohan 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-46070-7 All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-68985-9 ISBN 978-1-137-46071-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137460714 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mohan, Brij, 1939– Global frontiers of social development in theory and practice : climate, economy, and justice / Brij Mohan. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-349-68985-9 1. Social policy. 2. Social planning. 3. Social change. I. Title. HN18.3.M64 2015 303.3'72—dc23 2015003005 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Amnet. First edition: July 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

For Gujri and Anupama

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

ix

Contributors

xi

Acknowledgments

xv

Foreword by Robert Kowalski

xvii

Prologue by Brij Mohan

xxiii

Part 1

Social Practice: Frontiers of Human and Social Development

1.