Journal of Social Development in Africa
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Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 22,15 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Africa
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 22,15 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Africa
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Author : Franklin Obeng-Odoom
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 16,49 MB
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1108491995
Explores and challenges existing conventions of inequality in Africa while offering new insights to explain persistent poverty across the continent.
Author : James Midgley
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 39,65 MB
Release : 2013-11-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1446293289
Walking through social development’s key theoretical principles and practice strategies, this book shows how it promotes peoples’ wellbeing not only in the Global South, where it first emerged, but in the Western countries as well. It covers: Definitions and an historical evolution of social development Key theoretical debates around social well-being, human rights and social justice Social development practice such as human capital interventions, community development and cooperatives, asset building, employment creation policies and programmes, microenterprises and social planning among others Future challenges; global poverty, international aid and trade, and global inequality, conflict and injustice. Complete with international examples drawn from around the world, Social Development: Theory and Practice demonstrates how social development theory translates into practical application. This book is essential reading for students in development studies, social policy, public administration and social work, and for policymakers and development practitioners everywhere. James Midgley is the Harry and Riva Specht Professor of Public Social Services at the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley.
Author : David Cox
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 37,97 MB
Release : 2012-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1483310922
International Social Work: Issues, Strategies, and Programs, Second Edition draws together the practice wisdom emerging within the broad scope of international social work practice and its role in contributing to the international community's efforts in combating the major global social problems of poverty, conflict and postconflict reconstruction, the development of countries and disadvantaged populations, migration and displacement, and the needs of specific populations such as child soldiers and AIDS orphans. Utilizing an integrated perspectives approach incorporating global, human rights, ecological and social development perspectives, the International Social Work, 2e is designed to prepare social workers, human services professionals, development practitioners who desire to play significant roles in responding to modern global challenges that are critical to the well-being of people, communities, nations and ultimately of us all.
Author : Corrie Decker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 43,66 MB
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 110710369X
An engaging history of how the idea of development has shaped Africa's past and present encounters with the West.
Author : Mel Gray
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 10,17 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780754648383
This volume brings together prominent international scholars involved in both Western and indigenous social work across the globe - including James Midgley, Linda Briskman, Alean Al-Krenawi and John R. Graham - to discuss some of the most significant global trends and issues relating to indigenous and cross-cultural social work.
Author : Carolyn Noble,
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 37,76 MB
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1743324049
Global social work: crossing borders, blurring boundaries is a collection of ideas, debates and reflections on key issues concerning social work as a global profession, such as its theory, its curricula, its practice, its professional identity; its concern with human rights and social activism, and its future directions. Apart from emphasising the complexities of working and talking about social work across borders and cultures, the volume focuses on the curricula of social work programs from as many regions as possible to showcase what is being taught in various cultural, sociopolitical and regional contexts. Exploring the similarities and differences in social work education across many countries of the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Pacific, the book provides a reference point for moving the current social work discourse towards understanding the local and global context in its broader significance.
Author : Muchie Mammo
Publisher :
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,78 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781909112094
Author : Emmanuel Akyeampong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 22,13 MB
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107041155
Why has Africa remained persistently poor over its recorded history? Has Africa always been poor? What has been the nature of Africa's poverty and how do we explain its origins? This volume takes a necessary interdisciplinary approach to these questions by bringing together perspectives from archaeology, linguistics, history, anthropology, political science, and economics. Several contributors note that Africa's development was at par with many areas of Europe in the first millennium of the Common Era. Why Africa fell behind is a key theme in this volume, with insights that should inform Africa's developmental strategies.
Author : Kavita Sivaramakrishnan
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 40,83 MB
Release : 2018-05-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0674919815
People are living longer, creating an unexpected boom in the elderly population. Longevity is increasing not only in wealthy countries but in developing nations as well. In response, many policy makers and scholars are preparing for a global crisis of aging. But for too long, Western experts have conceived of aging as a universal predicament—one that supposedly provokes the same welfare concerns in every context. In the twenty-first century, Kavita Sivaramakrishnan writes, we must embrace a new approach to the problem, one that prioritizes local agendas and values. As the World Ages is a history of how gerontologists, doctors, social scientists, and activists came to define the issue of global aging. Sivaramakrishnan shows that transnational organizations like the United Nations, private NGOs, and philanthropic foundations embraced programs that reflected prevailing Western ideas about development and modernization. The dominant paradigm often assumed that, because large-scale growth of an aging population happened first in the West, developing societies will experience the issues of aging in the same ways and on the same terms as their Western counterparts. But regional experts are beginning to question this one-size-fits-all model and have chosen instead to recast Western expertise in response to provincial conditions. Focusing on South Asia and Africa, Sivaramakrishnan shows how regional voices have argued for an approach that responds to local needs and concerns. The research presented in As the World Ages will help scholars, policy makers, and advocates appreciate the challenges of this recent shift in global demographics and find solutions sensitive to real life in diverse communities.