Research into Social Development in Developing Countries from the Viewpoint of Development Sociology

1.社会发展理论社会发展包括生活基础设施的改善、社区发展和人的发展。改善生活基础设施意味着发展人类服务，如医疗、保健和卫生以及教育。社区发展是指通过组织群体和获得新的行为，将传统社区转变为现代社区。人类发展是以创造一种赋权感的方式唤醒人们意识的过程。社会发展进程实际上适合亚洲发展中国家。社会学通过微观层面的社会行动对人的发展、中观层面的生活方式对生活基础设施的改善、宏观层面的社会群体和区域社会（家庭和组织）对社区发展的影响，给出了社会发展的框架。2.发展中国家社会发展的个案研究本研究考察了泰国和斯里兰卡的社会发展。泰国和斯里兰卡的讨论表明，发展不仅仅是农业技术的发展，而是基于佛教的人类发展。通过佛教理想的发展被比作基于天主教教义的发展。"发展和尚"在贫困村发挥着重要作用。他们不仅传授佛教，还通过与村民合作改善村民的日常生活方式。在许多情况下，第一步是人的发展，第二步是社区的发展，最后是生活基础设施的改善。3. Minerva出版社出版《发展社会学》一书从发展社会学的角度对社会发展进行了新的阐释。这本书的目的是指出，社会发展既是发展的起点，也是重要的。

1.Theory of Social developmentSocial development consists of the improvement of life-infrastructure, community development, and human development. The improvement of life-infrastructure means to develop human services such as medicine, health and sanitation, and education. Community development refers to changing a traditional community into a modern community by organizing groups and acquiring new behavior. Human development is the process of awakening people's consciousness in ways that create a sense of empowerment. The process of social development is practically suited to Asian developing countries. Sociology gives the framework of social development by micro level of social action to human development, mezzo level of life style to the improvement of life-infrastructure and macro level of social group and regional society (family and organization) to community development.2.Case Study of Social Development in Developing CountriesThis research examines social development in Thailand and Sri Lanka. The discussions of Thailand and Sri Lanka show that development has not been simply agricultural technical development, but human development based on Buddhism. Development through Buddhist ideals is compared to development based on Catholic teachings."Development monks"play an important role in poor villages. They teach not only Buddhism, but also improved ways of daily life to villagers by working together with them. In many cases, the first step is human development, the second step community development, and the last the improvement of life-infrastructure.3.Publication of"Development Sociology"by Minerva PublishingThis book shows a new interpretation about social development from the viewpoint of development sociology. It is the purpose of the book to point out that social development is both the starting point of development, and important in itself.