Dr. Brij Mohan Dean Emeritus School of Social Work Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA                   Founding Editor-in-Chief:               (1984 - 2011) Journal of Comparative Social Welfare http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17486831.asp Email: dialog@cox.net

“What we confront today is a multi-faceted meltdown: Failed religious, financial and

educational institutions; a dysfunctional culture and toxic politics which render this

civilization defenseless against its own vicissitudes. Poverty of Culture sustains it

at the expense of global democracy; New Social Development (NSD) offers a

radical shift from populist expedience to endurable transformations that synergize

needs, resources and choices in a rationally humanitarian design directed towards

world peace and coexistence.”

                      Mohan, B. 2010. Development, Poverty of Culture and Social Policy. NY: Palgrave (Prologue, xii)