Social Welfare and Social Work in Southern Africa

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• Publisher: Sun Press
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN:
  9781928480778
• Edition: 0

This book is written by Southern African social welfare, social work, social development, social security and social policy academics, practitioners and advocates who have varying degrees of experience. The authors who contributed chapters to this book added their perspectives to ongoing debates about academic areas in the region. Thus, the book's primary objective is to discuss the development of social welfare and social work in Southern Africa. In doing so, it endeavours to contribute to the existing body of knowledge on social welfare and social work in the region. The chapters are examined through different theoretical lenses and historical perspectives. In this book, African scholars, academics, and practitioners provide a deep and critical reflection of social welfare, social work, and related disciplines during the colonial and post-colonial era, a period characterised by a deliberate move by Africa's political administrations to focus on nation-building and to attempt to make Africa a global player. Despite being endowed with rich natural resources like minerals; agriculture; and solid family and extended family life, the continent is weak globally. Furthermore, the book focuses on the pre-colonial period - a golden thread running through the chapters. The book discusses the colonial era when Western countries' capture and oppression of Africa characterised the continent's history. This book is an appropriate publication at this point in our history; a resource that can be used to generate appropriate narratives and questions within the social welfare and social development sector, particularly on delivery, education and training.

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Social Protection of Informal Economy Workers in Angola
• 2. Evolution of Social Welfare and Social Work in Botswana
• 3. Social Welfare and Social Work in The Democratic Republic of Congo
• 4. Social Welfare and Social Work in Lesotho
• 5. Evolution of Social Welfare and Social Work in Malawi
• 6. History of Social Welfare and Social Work in Mauritius
• 7. Social Protection in Mozambique
• 8. Social Welfare and Social Work in Namibia
• 9. Evolution of Social Welfare and Social Work in South Africa
• 10. Tracing the Origins of Social Welfare and Social Work in Swaziland
• 11. Evolution of Social Welfare and Social Work in Tanzania
• 12. Origins and Development of Social Welfare and Social Work in Zambia
• 13. Social Welfare and Social Work in Zimbabwe
• Conclusion