Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mkandawire, T[Herausgeber]

Titel

Social Policy in a Development Context [electronic resource]

Auflage

1st ed. 2004

Ort / Verlag

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Link zum Volltext

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• pt. 1. Conceptual issues -- pt. 2. Micro-and meso-level issues -- pt. 3. Historical experiences.
• Drawing upon both conceptual and empirical evidence, this volume argues the case for the centrality of social policy in development, focusing particularly on the message that social policy needs to be closely intertwined with economic policy. It is argued that social policy can provide the crucial link between economic development poverty eradication and equity. This volume is a significant contribution to thinking about social policy in a development context.
• English