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Social Policy in Sub-Saharan African Context

In Search of Inclusive Development

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. ’Jìmí O. Adésínà

    1. Rhodes University, South Africa

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Part of the book series: Social Policy in a Development Context (SPDC)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. In Search of Inclusive Development: Introduction

    • ’Jìmí O. Adésínà
    Pages 1-53

  3. Ruling Ideas and Social Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Assessment of Nationalist, Keynesian and Neoliberal Paradigms

    • Abdul-Ganiyu Garba
    Pages 54-86

  4. Social Policy and Development in East Africa: the Case of Education and Labour Market Policies

    • Chachage Seithy L. Chachage
    Pages 87-111

  5. Education, Employment and Development in Southern Africa: The Role of Social Policy in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe

    • Fred T. Hendricks
    Pages 112-147

  6. Social Policy and the Challenge of Development in Nigeria and Ghana: The Cases of Education and Labour Market Policies

    • Bola Udegbe
    Pages 148-170

  7. The Role of Social Policy in Development: Health, Water and Sanitation in East Africa

    • Rosemary Atieno, Alfred Ouma Shem
    Pages 171-197

  8. The Sociopolitical Structure of Accumulation and Social Policy in Southern Africa

    • Patrick Bond
    Pages 198-223

  9. Social Policy in the Development Context: Water, Health and Sanitation in Ghana and Nigeria

    • Oka Obono
    Pages 224-245

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 247-257
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This volume reviews Africa's past experiences of social policy, with an eye on the future. Contributions examine a range of social policy issues around healthcare, education, the labour market and social welfare, and highlight important conceptual and policy issues for rebuilding Africa.

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'Reviews Africa's past experiences of social policy, with an eye on the future, and examines a range of policy issues around healthcare, education, the labour market and social welfare.' - International Social Security Review

Editors and Affiliations

  • Rhodes University, South Africa

    ’Jìmí O. Adésínà

About the editor

ROSEMARY ATIENO Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya PATRICK BOND Director of the Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa CHACHAGE SEITHY L. CHACHAGE Professor of Sociology, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Member of the Executive Committee of CODESRIA ABDUL-GANIYU GARBA Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria FRED T. HENDRICKS Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Rhodes University, South Africa OKA OBONO Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Fellow of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Temporary Advisor to the World Health Organization and the African Programme on Onchocerciasis Control; National Consultant to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) ALFRED OUMA SHEM Analyst at the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis BOLA UDEGBE Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

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