Desmond U Amosa (Ph.D) is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Management and Public Administration in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of the South Pacific Suva, Fiji.

• ForewordSummaryAbout the authorIntroduction1. Political and Socio-cultural Background2. Pre-independence Economic and Social Development2.1 Economic development2.2 Social development2.2.1 Health2.2.2 Education2.2.3 Social welfare2.3 Water, sanitation and housing2.4 Employment3. Post-independence Progress3.1 Economic progress3.2 Social progress3.2.1 Education3.2.2 Health3.2.3 Poverty and inequality3.3 Water and sanitation4. Design and Scope of Social Policy4.1 Education, health and other social service provision4.1.1 Education4.1.2 Health4.2 Water supply and housing4.3 Social protection4.4 Redistribution4.5 Reproduction4.6 Role of the family4.7 Design, priorities and impact of government strategies5. The Welfare State, Social Cohesion, Participative Democracy, Power of Jurisdiction and Social Policy Design5.1 The welfare state5.1.1 The welfare state and the design and practice of social policy5.2 Social cohesion5.2.1 Social cohesion and the design and practice of social policy5.3 Participative democracy5.3.1 Participatory democracy and the design and practice of social policy5.4 Power of jurisdiction5.4.1 Power of jurisdiction and the design and practice of social policy6. Response to Crises6.1 The crises6.1.1 The economic crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s6.1.2 The cyclones and Polynesian Airlines6.2 Response to crises7. Conclusion8. PostscriptReferences