Making a Difference?

Susanna Price is a Research Associate in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. She has pioneered strategies for social assessment, starting with AusAid, and was then recruited as a social development specialist, with a lead role in resettlement, by the Asian Development Bank. She is recognized internationally as an expert on social assessment in resettlement associated with major infrastructure projects. Publications include a special edited volume on resettlement in Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology (2009).

“…an excellent collection of essays and case studies offering both a critical and nuanced look at how projects are produced from a practitioner’s perspective. Contributing authors . . . reflect work within a development enterprise where economic determinism reigns supreme . . . With an emphasis on highlighting the lessons learned, this book is an engaging, educational, and provocative read.”  ·  Barbara Rose Johnston, Environment, Health and Human Rights, Center for Political Ecology

• Figures and TablesPreface and AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Making Economic Growth Socially Sustainable?Susanna PricePART i: ENGAGED SOCIAL RESEARCH IN SHIFTING DEVELOPMENT NARRATIVESIntroduction to Part OneSusanna PriceChapter 1. Landmarks in Development: The Introduction of Social AnalysisMichael M. CerneaChapter 2. Social Science and the Mining Sector: Contemporary Roles and Dilemmas for EngagementDeanna Kemp and John R. OwenChapter 3. Practicing Social Development: Navigating Local Contexts to Benefit Local CommunitiesAaron Kyle Dennis and Gregory Eliyu GuldinChapter 4. Striving for Good Practice: Unpacking AusAID’s approach to Community DevelopmentKathryn Robinson and Andrew McWilliamChapter 5. Seeds of Life: Social Research for Improved Farmer Yields in East TimorAndrew McWilliam, Modesto Lopes, Diana Glazebrook, Marcelino de Jesus da Costa, and Anita XimenesPART II: APPLYING SOCIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN CHINAIntroduction to Part TwoSusanna PriceChapter 6. Social Assessment in the People’s Republic of China: Progress and Application in Domestic Development ProjectsLi KaimengChapter 7. Turning Risks into Opportunities? Social Assessment as Governmental TechnologiesBettina Gransow (柯兰君)Chapter 8. Participatory Monitoring of Development Projects in ChinaDavid Arthur and Jianliang Xiao (Elisa)Chapter 9. How Social Assessment Could Improve Conservation Policy and Projects: Cases from Pastoral Management in ChinaWang XiaoyiChapter 10. Improving Social Impact Assessment and Participatory Planning to Identify and Manage Involuntary Resettlement Risks in the People’s Republic of ChinaScott G. Ferguson and Wenlong ZhuChapter 11. Stakeholder Participation in Rural Land Acquisition in China: A Case Study of the Resettlement Decision-making ProcessYu Qingnian and Shi GuoqingConclusionSusanna PriceNotes on ContributorsGlossaryIndex