Social policy in a development context
After two decades of exclusive focus on stabilization, policy-making in developing countries has begun to shift its focus to issues of social and economic development, poverty eradication and equity. This is occurring at a time when the consolidation of democracy is a concern in many countries. There is a growing realization that social policy can provide the crucial link among these various demands on policy-making. However, to perform this role there is need for a major rethinking of social p…
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- Full title :Social policy in a development context / edited by Thandika Mkandawire.
Summary
After two decades of exclusive focus on stabilization, policy-making in developing countries has begun to shift its focus to issues of social and economic development, poverty eradication and equity. This is occurring at a time when the consolidation of democracy is a concern in many countries. There is a growing realization that social policy can provide the crucial link among these various demands on policy-making. However, to perform this role there is need for a major rethinking of social policy in developing countries so that it not only meets goals of intrinsic value but also serves as a major policy instrument in development. The book's central message is that social policy can be a major transformative contribution to economic development. The contributors argue that social policy should be closely intertwined with economic policy and not treated as a mere afterthought. Collectively the papers draw on both conceptual and empirical evidence to argue the case for the centrality of social policy in development. The book is a major contribution to thinking about social policy and sets out an agenda for future research in this field.
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- Publication Date:2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
- Place of Publication:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiii, 354 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780230523975, 0230523978
- DOI:10.1057/9780230523975
- oclc:ocn312479429
- LC Classification:HN17.5
- Dewey Decimal:361.6/1
Table of Contents
List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Notes on the Contributors -- Social Policy in a Development Context: Introduction / T. Mkandawire -- PART I: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES. From Universalism to Safety Nets: The Rise and Fall of Keynesian Influence on Social Development / P. Townsend ; Social Policy and Macroeconomic Performance: Integrating "the Economic" and "the Social" / D. Elson ; Social Policy and Development: Social Capital as Point of Departure / B. Fine ; Democratization and Social Policy / L. Whitehead -- PART II: MICRO AND MESO-LEVEL ISSUES. Why Social Policy is Condemned to a Residual Category of Safety Nets and What to do About It / J. Tendler ; Inequality and Redistribution in Health Care: Analytical Issues for Developmental Social Policy / M. Mackintosh & P. Tibandebage ; Models of Development, Social Policy and Reform in Latin America / C. Mesa-Lago -- PART III: HISTORICAL EXPERIENCES. European 'Late Industrializers': The Finnish Experience / J. Vartiainen ; 'Late Industrializers' and the Development of the Welfare State / C. Pierson ; The Role of Social Policy in Economic Development: Some Theoretical Reflections And Lessons From East Asia / H-J. Chang ; The Economic Crisi…
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