{"product_id":"social-sustainability-in-development-patrick-barron-9781464819469","title":"Social Sustainability in Development: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e All development is about people: the transformative process to equip, link, and enable groups of people to drive change and create something new to benefit society. Development can promote societies where all people can thrive, but the change process can be complex, challenging, and socially contentious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Continued progress toward sustainable development is not guaranteed. The current overlapping crises of COVID-19, climate change, rising levels of conflict, and a global economic slowdown are inflaming long-standing challenges-exacerbating inequality and deep-rooted systemic inequities. Addressing these challenges will require social sustainability in addition to economic and environmental sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Social Sustainability in Development: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century seeks to advance the concept of social sustainability and sharpen its analytical foundations. The book emphasizes social sustainability's four key components: social cohesion, inclusion, resilience, and process legitimacy. It posits that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Social sustainability increases when more people feel part of the development process and believe that they and their descendants will benefit from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Communities and societies that are more socially sustainable are more willing and able to work together to overcome challenges, deliver public goods, and allocate scarce resources in ways perceived to be legitimate and fair so that all people may thrive over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e By identifying interventions that work to promote the components of social sustainability and highlighting the evidence of their links to key development outcomes, this book provides a foundation for using social sustainability to help address the many challenges of our time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Barron, Louise Cord, José Cuesta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1464819467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781464819469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Bank Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Patrick Barron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44131489743103,"sku":"9781464819469","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a75bcf7d-76cc-419b-8989-19a6898566fb.jpg?v=1687474742","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/social-sustainability-in-development-patrick-barron-9781464819469","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}