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Leila Patel, Sophie Plagerson, Isaac Chinyoka - Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in the Global South, Inbunden

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Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in the Global South

Av Leila Patel, Sophie Plagerson, Isaac Chinyoka

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This cutting-edge Handbook argues for social protection to be situated in a wider system of social welfare and development programmes for low- and middle-income countries. Focusing on the role of citizens and communities in enhancing human development, it explores how welfare systems are unfolding in diverse contexts across the global South.Tracing the evolution and theory of social protection, the Handbook examines the nature, design, scope, goals and linkages of social protection and social development programmes. Case studies examine responses to the COVID-19 pandemic; the entrepreneurial character of modern social protection schemes; cash transfer schemes and the move towards cash-plus policies; and the fluidity between progression and regression of social protection. With global and regional reviews of social protection from in-country experts, the Handbook provides innovative solutions to key challenges.Bridging theoretical and empirical approaches, the Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in the Global South will prove an invaluable resource for academics and graduate students of development, social policy and sociology. Its comprehensive overview of the field will also be useful for policymakers and practitioners working on social welfare and development in the global South.
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Edited by Leila Patel, Distinguished Professor of Social Development, University of Johannesburg and Founding Director, Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sophie Plagerson, Visiting Associate Professor, Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Isaac Chinyoka, Research Associate, Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Global Scholar, Institute for Comparative and International Studies, University of Denver, US

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‘This Handbook is a very important contribution to further our collective understanding of social protection. Showcasing how countries, including in low-income settings, have prioritized investments and followed differentiated pathways towards the realization of the right to social protection, it reaffirms the importance of context-specific processes, political economy dynamics and innovation. And precisely because of these differentiated pathways, social protection continues to demonstrate its central role for children’s wellbeing, elimination of multidimensional child poverty, enhancing equity, preparedness and social cohesion, and critically, accelerating human development results across the life cycle in times of crises, recovery and peace.’

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