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Vusi Gumede, Neo Mokone, Emmanuel Ndhlovu, Takalanga Maziya, Cleopas Sambo - Social Policy in Southern Africa, Inbunden

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Social Policy in Southern Africa

Prospects and Possibilities

Av Vusi Gumede, Neo Mokone, Emmanuel Ndhlovu, Takalanga Maziya, Cleopas Sambo

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This book, dealing with social policy in Southern Africa, offers a comprehensive collection of possible social policy-based interventions in Southern Africa’s socio-economic and development realities, starting with the history or background to existing social policies and ultimately proposing the kinds of social policies that are ideal for Southern African countries.Southern Africa as a sub-region has a political history and socio-economic profile that allows a focused study of the sub-region, particularly in relation to socio-economic transformation. The sub-region has been shaped by complex experiences of the various groups over millennia, and the borders are a reflection of events of the colonial era which lasted well into the 20th century. Southern African countries have struggled with socio-economic development. The lack of comprehensive social policies in the sub-region is among the chief reasons for poor socio-economic development outcomes in the sub-region with progress hindered by widespread poverty, rising inequality, massive youth unemployment, female marginalization, and deficits in domestic productivity, competitiveness, value addition, infrastructure, and development planning.Demonstrating how social policy can confront the basic challenges of development in agriculture and the informal sector and showing both the theoretical and practical applicability of social policy in Southern Africa, particularly with regard to responding to contemporary regional challenges such as climate change, war and conflict, and pandemics, this book is necessary reading for all scholars and students of African politics, social policy, and socio-economic development broadly.
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Vusi Gumede is a professor and dean in the Faculty of Economics, Development and Business Sciences at the University of Mpumalanga.Neo Mokone is a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Economics, Development and Business Sciences at the University of Mpumalanga. He holds a PhD in Development Studies from the University of South Africa.Emmanuel Ndhlovu is a research fellow at the University of Johannesburg. He holds a PhD in Development Studies from the University of South Africa.Takalanga Maziya is a lecturer at the University of Mpumalanga. She holds a PhD in Law from Rhodes University.Cleopas Sambo is a lecturer in the Department of Social Work and Sociology at the University of Zambia and a postdoctoral fellow in Social Policy at Oslo Metropolitan University in Norway. He holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford.

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“This book, written by Professor Vusi Gumede and four other colleagues, offers a timely and welcome insight into the dynamics of social policy in the Southern African region. It is a welcome addition to a very thin body of scholarly works that takes a regional approach to social policy. The book’s wider vision of social policy is a welcome departure from the mainstream approach in the field. This is particularly so in the context of a transformative approach to social policy, which aims to deliver inclusive development. This book offers a compelling case for social policy beyond the prevailing poverty-centric Social Protection approach. Written in an accessible language, the book’s messages will be well-received by a broad audience, including scholars, policymakers, and civil society activists.”Jimi AdesinaProfessor and South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair in Social Policy, University of South Africa.

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