Download or read book Social Welfare in Africa written by John Dixon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1987, this book analyses social welfare in the major countries of Africa, at that time. For each country it considers the ideological framework underlying the social welfare system and describes the historical development of both the system and the political and socio-economic context. Each chapter looks at the structure and administration of the systems in place and how these are financed. Contributions examine the nature of the different parts of the welfare system, surveying social security, personal social services, and the treatment of the following key target groups: the aged; those with disabilities and handicaps; children and youth; disadvantaged families; the unemployed; and the sick and injured. Each chapter concludes with an assessment of the effectiveness of the system considered. In this book, particular attention is paid to the role of foreign aid agencies and to missionaries, and to the special problems of poverty and famine in Africa.
Download or read book Social Welfare and Social Work in Southern Africa written by Ndangwa Noyoo and published by African Sun Media. This book was released on 2021-06-11 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written by Southern African social welfare, social work, social development, social security and social policy academics, practitioners and advocates who have varying degrees of experience. The authors who contributed chapters to this book added their perspectives to ongoing debates about academic areas in the region. Thus, the book’s primary objective is to discuss the development of social welfare and social work in Southern Africa. In doing so, it endeavours to contribute to the existing body of knowledge on social welfare and social work in the region. The chapters are examined through different theoretical lenses and historical perspectives. In this book, African scholars, academics, and practitioners provide a deep and critical reflection of social welfare, social work, and related disciplines during the colonial and post-colonial era, a period characterised by a deliberate move by Africa’s political administrations to focus on nation-building and to attempt to make Africa a global player. Despite being endowed with rich natural resources like minerals; agriculture; and solid family and extended family life, the continent is weak globally. Furthermore, the book focuses on the pre-colonial period – a golden thread running through the chapters. The book discusses the colonial era when Western countries’ capture and oppression of Africa characterised the continent’s history. This book is an appropriate publication at this point in our history; a resource that can be used to generate appropriate narratives and questions within the social welfare and social development sector, particularly on delivery, education and training.
Download or read book Social Welfare Services in Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social welfare services in Africa written by United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Social Development Section and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Family Child and Youth Welfare Services in Africa written by United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Social Development Section and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Welfare and Social Development in South Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Patterns of Social Welfare Organization and Administration in Africa written by United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Social Development Section and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Welfare Social Development in South Africa written by Leila Patel and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The White Paper for Social Welfare adopted by Parliament in 1997 provided a policy framework to shift social welfare from meeting the needs of a small minority to a social development perspective. This policy change has required the complete overhaul of th e current welfare system with far-reaching implications for human and financial resources policy and legislative reform in line with the new constitution and the Bill of Rights changes in institutional arrangements and trade-offs between different sectors and interests in society. In the past social work education was not developmentally orientated and tended to borrow uncritically from North American and European theory and practice. There was a lack of South African and African literature in the field of welfare and development. In addition to the need for the renewal of social work education in South Africa, there was also a need for the re-orientation of existing social workers to implement new welfare thinking and to app r a ise theory and practice critically.
Download or read book Training for Social Work in Africa written by United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Social Development Section and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Family Welfare and Development in Africa written by United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Social Development Section and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Welfare and Social Work Education for Africa written by Akpovire B. Oduaran and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Protection in Africa written by Frank Ellis and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book makes accessible to a broad audience the ideas, principles and practicalities of establishing effective social protection in Africa. It focuses on the major shift in strategy for tackling hunger and vulnerability, from emergency responses mainly in the form of food transfers to predictable cash transfers to the chronically poorest social groups. The first part of the book comprises nine theme chapters, covering vulnerability, targeting, delivery, coordination, cost-effectiveness, market impacts, and asset effects, while the second part consists of fifteen social protection case studies. The continuous interplay between these two parts makes for a unique contribution to the contemporary literature on social protection. The book takes a positive and forward looking view regarding the feasibility of achieving successful social transfers to the poorest in Africa; nevertheless, a critical stance is taken where appropriate, and unresolved strategic issues regarding the targeting, coverage and scale of social transfers are highlighted. Social Protection in Africa is an essential read for personnel, advisors and consultants working for aid donors, United Nations agencies, NGOs and governments on social transfer programmes in sub-Saharan African countries. In addition, the book represents a valuable resource for training courses on social protection, and will be vital reading for Masters level students and researchers studying emergency relief, social protection, vulnerability and poverty reduction in low-income countries.
Download or read book Social Welfare Policy in South Africa written by Horman Chitonge and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2019-01-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social welfare and the social contract -- Paradigms and approaches to social welfare -- Precusors of institutional social welfare -- The politics of race and social welfare in South Africa -- The "poor white problem" : causes, scope and public response -- Institutionalisation of social welfare in South Africa -- The non-state social welfare sector in South Africa -- The political economy of social welfare in post-apartheid South Africa -- The South African social welfare system and the new social contract
Download or read book Directory of Regional Social Welfare Activities written by United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Social Development Section and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Welfare in Zambia written by Ndangwa Noyoo and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the genesis of social welfare in Zambia, and traces its progression from the colonial period to the present time.
Download or read book Family Child and Youth Welfare Services in Africa written by Nazioni Unite : Economic commission for Africa and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Political Economy of Social Welfare Policy in Africa written by Rinie Schenk and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-04-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
