Social Change 

About: Social Change is an academic journal published by SAGE Publishing. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Population & Politics. It has an ISSN identifier of 0049-0857. Over the lifetime, 1021 publications have been published receiving 6546 citations.

Human Development Report 2007/2008 Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World, UNDP, New York

Abstract: The concept of human development is a holistic development model. It encompasses every aspect of developmental issues which includes economic growth, social investment, people’s empowerment provision of basic needs and social safety nets, political and cultural freedom and all other aspects of people’s lives. It is a process of enlarging people’s choices by expanding human capabilities and functioning which enables them to lead long and healthy lives, to be knowledgeable and to have access to the resources needed for a decent standard of living. Thus, putting people at the centre of all aspects of the development process.

The Future of Large Dams: Dealing with Social, Environmental, Institutional and Political Costs:

Abstract: Large dams are among the most contentious issues in development today. For long regarded as symbols of progress, they now are being increasingly seen as inherently flawed and destructive of ecosystems and societies. Using his extensive knowledge about dams in Asia, Africa, North America and Latin America, Scudder charts the ‘middle way’ forward by examining all aspects of the costs, benefits and risks of large dam development projects.

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009: The Story of a Missed Opportunity

Abstract: Much of the discussion on the Right to Education Act, 2009 has ignored the point that the passage of such a law has actually missed an excellent opportunity to address the systemic and fundamental problems of school education in India. Whether it is the question of access to all in a definite time frame, or improving quality with concrete provision of funds, taking education out of the current state of persistent underfunding despite the longstanding commitment to provide 6 percent of the GDP for education, it failed to meet the vision behind the Constitutional amendment that made education a fundamental right in Article 21A. Besides, this law perpetuates the multi-layer discriminating school system in India and reduces the notion of education to functional literacy, excluding a vast number of children in the age group of 0 to 5 at the pre-primary level and 16 to 18 in the secondary level from the ambit of universal and compulsory education. In fact, several of the measures mentioned in the Act may be dev...

Women and post-conflict reconstruction: Issues and sources

Abstract: Gender-blind analysis prevails in most of the literature on post-conflict recovery and reconstruction. Where the differences in man’s and women’s experience of war are largely disregarded. In this paper, however, Birgitte Sorensen reviews the literature dealing with political, economic and social reconstruction from a gender perspective. She explores the social reconstruction from a gender perspective. She explores the relationship between gender and political reconstruction by examining women’s participation in peace building and democratization, and analyses women’s role in economic reconstruction by looking first at development within agriculture, and then within non-agricultural formal and informal sectors. Women’s role in social reconstruction is studied both in relation to the rehabilitation of the social services focusing on education and healthcare and through an analysis of more complex processes of social interaction.