Social Policy in a Development Context [Paperback]

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.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 Crisis and the Politics of Welfare Reform in Korea; H-J.Kwon Social Policy in Indian Development; J.Ghosh Historical Trajectories of Social Policy in Post-Colonial Africa. The Case of Zambia; G.Mhone Index

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