Transforming Society

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.

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
FOREWORD by Hee Kiat Cheong
FOREWORD by Barbara W. Shank
PREFACE

PRELUDE: Social policy issues and social development in Singapore and around the world by Tharman Shanmugaratnam

INTRODUCTION1.Transforming Society: Leadership, Social Development and Social Change

SECTION I. CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
2. Sustaining Social Development in the 21st Century
3. Fifty Years of Social Innovation: Reflections on Social Policy in Singapore
4. Government’s Approach towards Social Policies in a Digital Age
5. Social Development in Asia
6. Social Development and Social Research in Africa

SECTION II. WORKFORCE AND MIGRATION
7. Measuring Transformative Workforce Activation Using the Comprehensive Employment Hope Scale
8. Transforming Thai-Myanmar Borderland: de facto Statelessness, Indigenous Minorities and Internally Displaced Persons
9. Social Work and Social Welfare Preparations for ASEAN Economic Community Integration

SECTION III. WELFARE, WOMEN AND SOCIAL CARE
10. Toward a Synergy of Tripartite Empowerment for Older Persons
11. Transforming Long-Term Care in Three Chinese Societies
12. Flood Disasters in Malaysia: Psychosocial Care and Social Work Intervention
13. Women in Household Decision-Making and their contribution to Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria

SECTION IV. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING
14. Social Development in Agrarian and Non-Agrarian Communities in the Philippines
15. Host Organization Perspectives of Volunteer Traits: Implications for Selection and Training
16. Asset Based Community Development (ABCD): An Alternative Path for Community Development
17. Social Work Education for Social Transformation