{"product_id":"the-political-economy-of-social-welfare-policy-in-africa-transforming-policy-through-practice","title":"The Political Economy of Social Welfare policy in Africa Transforming Policy through practice","description":"\u003cp style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b5b5b5; font-family: \u0026amp;quot; muli\u0026amp;quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.6px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \u0026amp;quot; muliitalic\u0026amp;quot;; font-style: italic; line-height: 25.6px;\"\u003eThe Political Economy of Social Welfare Policy in Africa: Transforming policy through practice\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking text that uses a political economy and human rights lens to analyse and critique social welfare policy in selected countries in Africa. Tracing the political transformation of South Africa and other sub-Saharan countries, it provides the reader with critical insight into how social welfare policy evolved during periods of colonial and post-colonial governance regimes and the contemporary period characterised by neoliberal globalisation. The text focuses on the interdependence of economic and social development policies and processes to advance human development and protect the basic human rights of all, especially the poorest and most \u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e marginalised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cspan style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #b5b5b5; font-family: 'Muli',sans-serif; font-size: 12.93px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003cp style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b5b5b5; font-family: \u0026amp;quot; muli\u0026amp;quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; 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orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003cul style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b5b5b5; font-family: \u0026amp;quot; muli\u0026amp;quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 13.93px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22.28px; list-style-position: outside; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 17.6px;\"\u003e\n \u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"\u003eanalyses how policies are formed and how they change over time\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"\u003eillustrates how policy works in practice or where there may be policy gaps through the use of case studies from South Africa and other African countries\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"\u003ecritiques and redefines policy for African contexts\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"\u003eanalyses critically the historical, political, social and economic trends and impulses that influence policy uses evidence to explain how demographic, social and economic trends of poverty, unemployment and social inequalities make people vulnerable and increase the risks faced by women, children, elder persons, people living with disabilities, refugees, displaced persons, and others\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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