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This is a highly relevant and timely book. Tremendous advances in digital technologies are seen everywhere and can help empower disadvantaged groups and foster their social inclusion. The volume provides stimulating and uplifting reading, and at the same time highlights down-to-earth lessons in the use of digital tools for the purpose of improving people’s lives and the enhancement of social well-being.

Ms. Daniela Bas, Director, Division for Inclusive Social Development,
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

This compelling book explores a critical issue in post-pandemic societies: the digitalisation model being implemented in the field of social welfare. The authors examine good practices in a variety of contexts, opening the debate on the use of digital technologies in a diversity of welfare systems. Sponsored by the International Council on Social Welfare, an NGO dedicated to promoting social welfare since 1928, the volume invites readers to reflect deeply on the rapid pace of social changes. A highly recommended reading to address the multiple challenges of the 21st century.

José Félix Tezanos, Professor of Sociology and President of the Center for Sociological Research (CIS), Ministry of the Presidency, Government of Spain

Digital Transformation and Social Well-Being is a vigorous interdisciplinary inquiry into the issues and challenges at the nexus of social welfare programs and information and communication technologies. Offering thoughtful analyses and practical case studies, this volume provides creative insights into how these technologies can be employed to foster social inclusion and advance social well being. This timely volume makes an important contribution to our understanding of the social implications of the digital age.

Neil Gilbert, Milton and Gertrude Chernin Chair in Social Welfare, Distinguished Professor of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley

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