The State and the Imperative for Social Policy Reform in Africa

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dc.alternateIdentifier9783032024329
dc.alternateIdentifier9783032024312
dc.alternateIdentifier10.1007/978-3-032-02432-9
dc.contributorBéland, Daniel
dc.contributorFoli, Rosina K.
dc.contributorHaang'andu, Privilege
dc.date2025-12-18T09:13:51Z
dc.date2025-12-18T09:13:51Z
dc.date2026
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-25T14:23:24Z
dc.descriptionThis concise and interdisciplinary open access volume explores the imperative of social policy reform in Sub-Saharan Africa and the potential nature of such a reform. Its chapters study social policy changes that have been made before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and those that need to be made towards better protecting individuals, families, and communities against exposure to insecurity, poverty, and other vulnerabilities throughout their lifecycle. As argued, for this to happen, the state needs to play a pivotal role in building harmonised and coordinated social policy systems. The chapters also stress the need for a holistic social policy reform that spans key areas including health, education, disability, gender, and migration policies. Besides this, the volume considers the role of automatic stabilisers and novel issues such as the impact of social media. Finally, the volume draws our attention to the respective roles of state actors, national non-state actors, and transnational actors.
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dc.identifierONIX_20251218T100927_9783032024329_20
dc.identifierhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/109283
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/25280
dc.identifierdoi10.1007/978-3-032-02432-9
dc.imprintPalgrave Macmillan
dc.languageeng
dc.licenseConditionn/a
dc.pages290
dc.placepublicationCham
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillan
dc.relationGlobal Dynamics of Social Policy; Social Sciences; Social Sciences (R0)
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dc.relationisbn9783032024329
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dc.resourceTypebook
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source9783032024329.pdf
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africa
dc.subjectPolicy reform
dc.subjectSocial welfare
dc.subjectsocial citizenship
dc.subjectSocial policy in Africa
dc.subjectOpen Access
dc.subjectthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services
dc.subjectthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPR Regional, state and other local government
dc.subjectthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
dc.titleThe State and the Imperative for Social Policy Reform in Africa

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