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Book SynopsisSocial Welfare Policy in South Africa examines the South African government's response to social welfare challenges during and after apartheid. The book analyses social welfare policy reforms in South Africa from the social contract perspective. Through a critical analysis of the major social policy shifts in the country, the book illustrates that the provision of social welfare services is the most concrete way of fulfilling the terms of the social contract, especially in democratic South Africa. The book offers a useful approach to understanding the changes in the social welfare philosophy and practice that occurred when the country transitioned from minority to majority rule during the 1990s. By tracing the development of social welfare policy interventions over time, Social Welfare Policy in South Africa draws attention to the broader political, historical, social, and economic factors that have influenced social welfare policy in the country.
Trade Review“Social welfare is at the heart of a democratic South Africa. «Social Welfare Policy in South Africa» is a long overdue book—a discipline’s charter in a single volume that critically analyses the development of social welfare and policy in South Africa, past and present. Written by two eminent South African scholars in the field, this book is going to become a seminal work: a must-read for any inquisitive and discerning person, whether a social worker, sociologist, NGO employee, government or civil service official, political scientist, or historian, who is interested in the how and why South Africa emerged from colonialism and apartheid into a caring society. An important saga which says much about the soul of South Africa.” —Donal P. McCracken, Senior Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Table of ContentsFigures and Tables – Ndangwa Noyoo: Foreword – Preface – Acknowledgments – Abbreviations – Social Welfare and the Social Contract – Paradigms and Approaches to Social Welfare – Precursors of Institutional Social Welfare – Social Welfare and the Race Question in South Africa –.The "Poor White Problem": Causes, Scope and Public Response – Institutionalisation of Social Welfare in South Africa – The Non-state Social Welfare Sector in South Africa – The Political Economy of Social Welfare in Post-apartheid South Africa – The South African Social Welfare System and the New Social Contract – Index.
