The Political Economy of Social Welfare Policy in Africa

NOTE EDITORE

The Political Economy of Social Welfare Policy in Africa: Transforming policy through practice is a groundbreaking text that uses a political economy and human rights lens to analyse and critique social welfare policy in selected countries in Africa. Tracing the political transformation of South Africa and other sub-Saharan countries, it provides the reader with critical insight into how social welfare policy evolved during periods of colonial and post-colonial governance regimes and the contemporary period characterised by neoliberal globalisation. The text focuses on the interdependence of economic and social development policies and processes to advance human development and protect the basic human rights of all, especially the poorest and most marginalised.

SOMMARIO

1 - Transforming social welfare policy: Africa and South Africa2 - The evolution of social welfare policy in Southern Africa3 - Approaches to social welfare policy: characteristics, values and principles4 - Transforming social welfare policy and developmental social welfare services5 - Demographic contexts and social and economic challenges in social welfare policy6 - Poverty, inequalities, risk and vulnerability and social welfare policy responses7 - Social welfare policy as a response to risks and vulnerabilities of families in South Africa8 - Transformational policies and social justice for migrants, refugees and displaced people9 - Policy analysis and formulation: using a human rights approach10 - Social welfare policy and transformational participatory processes in South Africa11 - The role of the social worker as policy implementer and advocate in South Africa12 - Statutory role in different social welfare focus areas13 - Monitoring and evaluation: impact and outcomes14 - Lessons of experience in transforming social welfare policy in AfricaInternal

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780199076475
• Dimensioni: 240 x 16.3 x 168 mm Ø 522 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 352