Neil Thin sets out to clarify the meaning of the social dimensions of development, with an emphasis on sustainability. He outlines a conceptual framework to facilitate better communication and understanding as a basis for improved policies, implementation strategies and learning strategies. Thin reviews the concepts of social development as currently used in policy documents, operational work, theoretical texts, and monitoring and evaluation. He relates the meaning of social development to core concepts of sustainable development, and to other specific concepts such as the economy and the environment as well as more closely related categories such as social sectors, social welfare and social security. His conclusion is that social development would be more useful as a category of policy and practice if it were relinked with the concept of society and with positive efforts to build or facilitate social progress. Neil Thin draws on his recent research and advisory work on social development policy, poverty reduction strategies, human rights assessment, and evaluation and learning strategies for the analysis and examples.

Neil Thin

The Welfare State in Post-Industrial Society

South Africa and Post-industrialism: Developmental Social Welfare – A Policy Framework for Social Services with Children

Lombard, Antoinette

2009

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0066-1_16 [Citations: 1]

An evaluation of donor agencies’ policies on participatory development: The case of Ghana

Danquah, Joseph Kwadwo

Analoui, Farhad

Koomson, Yvonne Ekua Deiba

Development Policy Review, Vol. 36 (2018), Iss. P.O138

https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12227 [Citations: 3]

Gender, Climate Change Adaptation, and Cultural Sustainability: Insights From Bangladesh

Roy, Sajal

Tandukar, Shristi

Bhattarai, Utsab

Frontiers in Climate, Vol. 4 (2022), Iss.

https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.841488 [Citations: 1]

Integrated assessment of urban sustainability

Walton, J. S.

El-Haram, M.

Castillo, N. H.

Horner, R. M. W.

Price, A. D. F.

Hardcastle, C.

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability, Vol. 158 (2005), Iss. 2 P.57

https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.2005.158.2.57 [Citations: 34]

Positive Psychology in Practice

Positive Social Planning

Thin, Neil

2015

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118996874.ch43 [Citations: 0]

An Integrated Developmental Model for Poverty Reduction in South Africa: An NGO's Perspective

Lombard, Antoinette

Kemp, Marieta

Viljoen-Toet, Nelie

Booyzen, Martie

Journal of Community Practice, Vol. 20 (2012), Iss. 1-2 P.178

https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2012.644201 [Citations: 8]

Positive Psychology as Social Change

Socially Responsible Cheermongery: On the Sociocultural Contexts and Levels of Social Happiness Policies

Thin, Neil

2011

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9938-9_3 [Citations: 5]

Flocking Together: An Indigenous Psychology Theory of Resilience in Southern Africa

Flocking: The First Light of the Baboon on the Back of a Motorcycle

Ebersöhn, Liesel

2019

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16435-5_1 [Citations: 0]

Exploration and assessment of the motivators of social sustainability in healthcare supply chains: Multistake holder's perspective

Hussain, Matloub

Khan, Mehmood

Ajmal, Mian

Sustainable Development, Vol. 27 (2019), Iss. 4 P.573

https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1922 [Citations: 7]

Integrated assessment of urban sustainability

Walton, J. S.

El-Haram, M.

Castillo, N. H.

Horner, R. M. W.

Price, A. D. F.

Hardcastle, C.

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability, Vol. 158 (2005), Iss. 2 P.57

https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.2005.158.2.57 [Citations: 34]

PARTICIPATORY FORESTRY: SHARABLE LESSONS FOR BETTER MANAGEMENT OF COMMONS

THIN, NEIL

VAN GARDINGEN, PAUL

Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, Vol. 14 (2004), Iss. 2-4 P.229

https://doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2004.9752495 [Citations: 4]

Mindfulness and Social Sustainability: An Integrative Review

Sajjad, Aymen

Shahbaz, Wahab

Social Indicators Research, Vol. 150 (2020), Iss. 1 P.73

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02297-9 [Citations: 25]

Social and Cultural Sustainability: Criteria, Indicators, Verifier Variables for Measurement and Maps for Visualization to Support Planning

Axelsson, Robert

Angelstam, Per

Degerman, Erik

Teitelbaum, Sara

Andersson, Kjell

Elbakidze, Marine

Drotz, Marcus K.

AMBIO, Vol. 42 (2013), Iss. 2 P.215

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-012-0376-0 [Citations: 110]

Positive Sociology and Appreciative Empathy: History and Prospects

Thin, Neil

Sociological Research Online, Vol. 19 (2014), Iss. 2 P.1

https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.3230 [Citations: 17]

The social pillar of sustainable development: a literature review and framework for policy analysis

Murphy, Kevin

Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, Vol. 8 (2012), Iss. 1 P.15

https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2012.11908081 [Citations: 114]

A PRINCIPLE-BASED APPROACH FOR THE EVALUATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

HERMANS, FRANS

KNIPPENBERG, LUUK

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, Vol. 08 (2006), Iss. 03 P.299

https://doi.org/10.1142/S1464333206002530 [Citations: 14]