The book contains essays on current issues in Social and Political Sciences, such as the issues of governance and social order
social development and community development
global challenges and inequality
civil society and social movement
IT-based community and social transformation
poverty alleviation and corporate social responsibility
and gender issues. Asia and the Pacific are the particular regions that the conference focuses on as they have become new centers of social and political development. Therefore, this book covers areas that have been traditionally known as the social and political areas such as communication studies, political studies, governance studies, criminology, sociology, social welfare, anthropology and international relations. The book will help shed light on what social and political scholars in Asia and the Pacific have done in terms of research and knowledge development, as well as the new frontiers of research that have been explored and opening up, which can connect the two regions with the rest of the globe.