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Author:   Leila Patel ,  James Midgley (University of California, USA) ,  Marianne Ulriksen (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415727259

ISBN 10:   0415727251
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   14 November 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Social development and social protection: New opportunities and challenges 3. Trajectories of social protection in Africa 4. Social protection, redistribution and economic growth 5. The politics of social protection expenditure and financing in southern Africa 6. ‘Growing’ social protection in developing countries: Lessons from Brazil and South Africa 7. Gender and child sensitive social protection in South Africa 8. The contribution of non-formal social protection to social development in Botswana 9. Social protection in Lesotho: Innovations and reform challenges 10. Are social protection programmes child-sensitive? 11. Tackling child poverty in South Africa: Implications of ubuntu for the system of social grants 12. The South African disability grant: Influence on HIV treatment outcomes and household well-being in KwaZulu-Natal

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Leila Patel is Professor of Social Development Studies and Director of the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She has published widely on social welfare, social protection, gender and social development in the African context. James Midgley is the Harry and Riva Specht Professor of Public Social Services and Visiting Professor, Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has published widely on issues of social development, social protection and international social welfare. Marianne S. Ulriksen is affiliated to the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, as a Senior Research Fellow. Currently residing in Tanzania, Marianne’s research includes: Comparative politics, political economy of welfare policy development, social protection, poverty and inequality, mineral wealth and resource mobilisation, and state-citizens relations.

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