Social Development The Developmental Perspective in Social Welfare

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Synopsis

The social development approach seeks to integrate economic and social policies within a dynamic development process in order to achieve social welfare objectives. This first comprehensive textbook on the subject demonstrates that social development offers critically significant insights for the developed as well as the developing world.

James Midgley describes the social development approach, traces its origins in developing countries, reviews theoretical issues in the field and analyzes different strategies in social development. By adding the developmental dimension, social development is shown to transcend the dichotomy between the residualist approach, which concentrates on targeting resources to the most needy, and the institutional approach which urges extensive state involvement in welfare.

Book details

Author:
James O. Midgley
ISBN:
9781446265642
Related ISBNs:
9780803977723, 9780803977730, 9781446232873, 9780803977723, 9780803977730, 9781446232873
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2017-02-24
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1995
Copyright by:
James O. Midgley 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies