Muxe Nkondo is a former Andrew Mellon Fellow in English at Harvard University. Recently the London School of Economics created a blog for him in philosophy.

‘The foreword, preface, acknowledgements and introduction constitute the first fifty pages of the handbook. It is clear that the editors were at pains to contextualise, explain and connect the chapters. But the handbook is not only striking for the huge number of authors and pages; its contribution is much deeper.’— Isolde de Villiers, Associate Professor, Department of Public Law and Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape

• Foreword Preface: Agency, Freedom and Justice AcknowledgementsAbbreviations Introduction: The Deliberative Framework PART 1: HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTChapter 1. An Effective Covid-19 Response Requires a Caring Society Chapter 2. Elusive Justice: An Exploration of the Influence of Colonialism and Neo-Liberalism on Environmental Injustices in South AfricaChapter3. Environmental Health, the Poor and the Vulnerable PART 2: PERSONS WITH DISABILITIESChapter 4. Public Health and Human Rights: A Framework for Differently Abled Students’ ServicesChapter 5. Turning Our Greatest Obstacles into Opportunities Chapter 6. Agency, Empowerment and Disability: An Evaluation of Socio-Economic Inequalities in South Africa Post-DemocracyChapter 7. Disability and Culture in a Democratic South Africa PART 3: THE FAMILY, COMMUNITY ACTION AND SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLEChapter 8. Ubuntu as the Foundation of the African Family Chapter 9. Policy Failures and the Human, Social and Economic Development of Families Post-1994Chapter 10. All Children Reading by 2030: Pipe Dream or Possibility? Chapter 11. Centring African Child Development at Home and in School Chapter 12. ‘People-Driven Transformation’ and Community Activism: Embracing New Beginnings for ChangePART 4: GENDER JUSTICEChapter 13. Black Women and the ‘Menial Ditch’: A Case of Rhetorical Gender TransformationChapter 14. Advancing Gender Equity in the Institution of Traditional Leadership: Democracy or Custom?Chapter 15. The Role of Women in Implementing the Asset-Based Community Approach: Women Ward Councillors in Amathole and Chris Hani District MunicipalitiesNotes on Contributors

Muxe Nkondo is a former Andrew Mellon Fellow in English at Harvard University. Recently the London School of Economics created a blog for him in philosophy.

‘The foreword, preface, acknowledgements and introduction constitute the first fifty pages of the handbook. It is clear that the editors were at pains to contextualise, explain and connect the chapters. But the handbook is not only striking for the huge number of authors and pages; its contribution is much deeper.’— Isolde de Villiers, Associate Professor, Department of Public Law and Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape

• Foreword Preface: Agency, Freedom and Justice AcknowledgementsAbbreviations Introduction: The Deliberative Framework PART 1: HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTChapter 1. An Effective Covid-19 Response Requires a Caring Society Chapter 2. Elusive Justice: An Exploration of the Influence of Colonialism and Neo-Liberalism on Environmental Injustices in South AfricaChapter3. Environmental Health, the Poor and the Vulnerable PART 2: PERSONS WITH DISABILITIESChapter 4. Public Health and Human Rights: A Framework for Differently Abled Students’ ServicesChapter 5. Turning Our Greatest Obstacles into Opportunities Chapter 6. Agency, Empowerment and Disability: An Evaluation of Socio-Economic Inequalities in South Africa Post-DemocracyChapter 7. Disability and Culture in a Democratic South Africa PART 3: THE FAMILY, COMMUNITY ACTION AND SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLEChapter 8. Ubuntu as the Foundation of the African Family Chapter 9. Policy Failures and the Human, Social and Economic Development of Families Post-1994Chapter 10. All Children Reading by 2030: Pipe Dream or Possibility? Chapter 11. Centring African Child Development at Home and in School Chapter 12. ‘People-Driven Transformation’ and Community Activism: Embracing New Beginnings for ChangePART 4: GENDER JUSTICEChapter 13. Black Women and the ‘Menial Ditch’: A Case of Rhetorical Gender TransformationChapter 14. Advancing Gender Equity in the Institution of Traditional Leadership: Democracy or Custom?Chapter 15. The Role of Women in Implementing the Asset-Based Community Approach: Women Ward Councillors in Amathole and Chris Hani District MunicipalitiesNotes on Contributors

Muxe Nkondo is a former Andrew Mellon Fellow in English at Harvard University. Recently the London School of Economics created a blog for him in philosophy.

‘The foreword, preface, acknowledgements and introduction constitute the first fifty pages of the handbook. It is clear that the editors were at pains to contextualise, explain and connect the chapters. But the handbook is not only striking for the huge number of authors and pages; its contribution is much deeper.’— Isolde de Villiers, Associate Professor, Department of Public Law and Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape

• Foreword Preface: Agency, Freedom and Justice AcknowledgementsAbbreviations Introduction: The Deliberative Framework PART 1: HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTChapter 1. An Effective Covid-19 Response Requires a Caring Society Chapter 2. Elusive Justice: An Exploration of the Influence of Colonialism and Neo-Liberalism on Environmental Injustices in South AfricaChapter3. Environmental Health, the Poor and the Vulnerable PART 2: PERSONS WITH DISABILITIESChapter 4. Public Health and Human Rights: A Framework for Differently Abled Students’ ServicesChapter 5. Turning Our Greatest Obstacles into Opportunities Chapter 6. Agency, Empowerment and Disability: An Evaluation of Socio-Economic Inequalities in South Africa Post-DemocracyChapter 7. Disability and Culture in a Democratic South Africa PART 3: THE FAMILY, COMMUNITY ACTION AND SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLEChapter 8. Ubuntu as the Foundation of the African Family Chapter 9. Policy Failures and the Human, Social and Economic Development of Families Post-1994Chapter 10. All Children Reading by 2030: Pipe Dream or Possibility? Chapter 11. Centring African Child Development at Home and in School Chapter 12. ‘People-Driven Transformation’ and Community Activism: Embracing New Beginnings for ChangePART 4: GENDER JUSTICEChapter 13. Black Women and the ‘Menial Ditch’: A Case of Rhetorical Gender TransformationChapter 14. Advancing Gender Equity in the Institution of Traditional Leadership: Democracy or Custom?Chapter 15. The Role of Women in Implementing the Asset-Based Community Approach: Women Ward Councillors in Amathole and Chris Hani District MunicipalitiesNotes on Contributors