Social Development

James Midgley is the Harry and Riva Specht Professor of Public Social Services and Dean Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. Originally from South Africa, he studied at the University of Cape Town and the London School of Economics and held academic appointments at both universities before moving to the United States 1985 where he served as as Dean of the School of Social Work and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at Louisiana State University. He accepted the appointment as Specht Professor and Dean of the School of Social Welfare Berkeley in 1997.He has published widely on issues of social development, social policy, social work and international social welfare. His major books include Professional Imperialism: Social Work in the Third World. Heinemann, 1981; Social Security, Inequality and the Third World, Wiley, 1984; Comparative Social Policy and the Third World, Harvester, 1987 (with Stewart MacPherson); The Social Dimensions of Development: Social Policy and Planning in the Third World, Gower, 1989 (with Margaret Hardiman); Social Development: The Developmental Perspective in Social Welfare, Sage, 1995; Social Welfare in Global Context, Sage, 1997; Social Policy for Development, Sage, 2004 (with Anthony Hall) and Social Development: Theory and Practice, Sage, 2014. In addition, he has edited or co-edited many books on international social welfare and social development. Among the most recent are Social Work and Social Development: Theories and Skills for Developmental Social Work, Oxford University Press, 2010 (with Amy Conley); Social Policy and Poverty in East Asia: The Role of Social Security, Routledge, 2010 (with K. L. Tang); Grassroots Social Security in Asia, Routledge, 2011 (with Mitsuhiko Hosaka); Colonialism and Welfare: Social Policy and the British Imperial Legacy. Edward Elgar, 2011 (with David Piachaud); Planning and Community Development: Case Studies. Madrid: Technical University of Madrid, GrupoGESPLAN-UPM, 2012 (with Adolfo Carzola); Social Protection, Economic Growth and Social Change: Goals, Issues and Trajectories in China, India, Brazil and Africa. Edward Elgar, 2013 (with David Piachaud); Social Protection in Southern Africa: New Opportunities for Social Development. Routledge, 2014 (with Leila Patel and Marian Ulricksen) and Social Policy and Social Change in East Asia. Lexington Books, 2014 (with James Lee and Yapeng Zhu). He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and holds Honorary Professorial appointments at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, Nihon Fukushi University in Japan, Sun Yat-sen University in China and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

• PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT1. Defining Social DevelopmentApproaches to DefinitionTowards a Definition2. The History of Social DevelopmentThe Idea of DevelopmentThe Critique of the Standard ModelThe Origins of Social Development PracticeThe Role of the International AgenciesReactions against Statism and the Renewal of Social DevelopmentReinvigorating and Redefining Social DevelopmentPART TWO: THE THEORY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT3. Theoretical Debates and the Social Development ProcessThe Original ConditionThe Goals of Social DevelopmentChange, Progress and InterventionNormative Perspectives4. Theoretical Principles of Social Development PracticeSocial Development PracticeFeatures of Social Development PracticeThe Practice StrategiesAgents, Levels and OrganisationsAssesing Practice OutcomesPART THREE: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE5. Investments in Skills and Knowledge: The Role of Human CapitalHuman Capital in Historical ContextTypes of Human CapitalChildcare and Early Childhood InterventionsFormal Education: Schools and UniversitiesPopular Education, Health and NutritionIssues of Human Capital and Social Development6. Social Capital, Communities and Social DevelopmentHistorical DimensionsSocial Capital and Community DevelopmentActivism and Community ActionCommunity Building and Community DevelopmentCommunity Economic DevelopmentCommunity Development and Social Development7. Promoting Decent Work and Employment: Policies and InvestmentsThe History of Employment and Employment PolicyKey Programmes and PoliciesThe Macroeconomic Policy FrameworkEmployment Projects and ProgrammesEmployment Policy and Decent WorkChallenges and Opportunities8. Microenterprise, Microfinance and Social DevelopmentThe Evolution of Microenterprise and MicrofinanceFeatures of Microenterprise and MicrofinanceTypes of MicroenterpriseGrameen Bank II and the Commercialisation of MicrofinanceMicroenterprise, Poverty and Social Development9. Assets and Social DevelopmentAsset Building in Historical ContextThe Nature of Assets and Asset BuildingFinancial Assets for Individuals and HouseholdsCommunity Development and Community-Owned AssetsNational Assets, Trusts and the StateThe Role of Assets in Social Development10. Social Protection as a Social Development StrategyThe History of Social ProtectionThe Features of Social ProtectionVarieties of Social ProtectionPoverty Alleviation InnnovationsSocial Protection and Development: Challenges and Opportunities11. Social Planning, Rights and Social DevelopmentSocial Planning′s Historical EvolutionThe Nature of Social PlanningTypes of Social PlanningPlanning, Targets and RightsProblems and Prospects of Social PlanningPART FOUR: CONCLUSION12. The Agenda: Achieving Social DevelopmentSocial Development: Towards Institutional StructuralismTheoretical RootsImplementing Managed PluralismBarrier and ChallengesOpportunity, Power and Struggle

This book is a tour de force of the theory and practice of social development and how to make a difference in an increasingly inequitable world. It strongly advances the emerging field of social development.  Midgley reviews the historical, theoretical and philosophical ideas that underpin the social development approach and a set of social interventions that are widely advocated to promote both micro and macro social change. It is highly recommended for development scholars and practitioners around the world.