Cover Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Development and Distorted Development -- The Need for Social Development -- The Purpose and Scope of this Book -- 1 A Definition Of Social Development -- The Concept of Social Welfare -- Approaches for Promoting Social Welfare -- The Social Development Approach -- Other Conceptions of Social Development -- 2 The Historical Context -- Theories of Social Change and Intervention -- The Welfare State and Planning in the Industrial Countries -- Colonialism and Social Welfare in the Third World -- The United Nations and the Popularization of Social -- Development The Demise and Resurgence of Social Development -- 3 Theoretical Debates -- The Nature of Theory in Social Development -- The Condition of Underdevelopment -- The Process of Social Development -- The Goals of Social Development -- 4 Strategies For Social Development -- Social Development by Individuals -- Social Development by Communities -- Social Development by Governments -- 5 Achieving Social Development: The Institutional Perspective -- The Institutional Perspective -- Implementing an Institutional Perspective -- Achieving Social Development: Some Case Illustrations -- The Challenge Ahead -- References -- Index.