The State and the Imperative for Social Policy Reform in Africa
This 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...
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2025
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| description | This 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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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1703382025-12-20T05:05:39Z The State and the Imperative for Social Policy Reform in Africa Béland, Daniel Foli, Rosina K. Haang'andu, Privilege Sub-Saharan Africa Policy reform Social welfare social citizenship Social policy in Africa Open Access thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPR Regional, state and other local government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government This 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. 2025-12-20T05:05:39Z 2025-12-20T05:05:39Z 2025-12-18T09:13:51Z 2026 book ONIX_20251218T100927_9783032024329_20 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/109283 9783032024329 9783032024312 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/170338 eng Global Dynamics of Social Policy; Social Sciences; Social Sciences (R0) open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/109283/1/9783032024329.pdf Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-032-02432-9 10.1007/978-3-032-02432-9 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a 242ec30e-95b2-4b57-aaf3-b560e6c2619b 234ceb12-4182-4fe4-96f0-8ae4aab082fe 9783032024329 9783032024312 Palgrave Macmillan 290 Cham [...] Universität Bremen University of Bremen 10.13039/501100007837 open access |
| spellingShingle | Sub-Saharan Africa Policy reform Social welfare social citizenship Social policy in Africa Open Access thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPR Regional, state and other local government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government The State and the Imperative for Social Policy Reform in Africa |
| title | The State and the Imperative for Social Policy Reform in Africa |
| title_full | The State and the Imperative for Social Policy Reform in Africa |
| title_fullStr | The State and the Imperative for Social Policy Reform in Africa |
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| title_short | The State and the Imperative for Social Policy Reform in Africa |
| title_sort | state and the imperative for social policy reform in africa |
| topic | Sub-Saharan Africa Policy reform Social welfare social citizenship Social policy in Africa Open Access thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPR Regional, state and other local government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government |
| topic_facet | Sub-Saharan Africa Policy reform Social welfare social citizenship Social policy in Africa Open Access thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPR Regional, state and other local government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government |
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