Social Welfare Policies and Programmes in South Asia - Brossura

 
9780367777326: Social Welfare Policies and Programmes in South Asia

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This book examines the social welfare policies and programmes devised to address different societal issues and concerns across the South Asian countries. It focuses on the design and delivery of social welfare policies related to women, children, the elderly and groups living below poverty level. It brings a wide array of themes to the fore – empowerment of vulnerable populations, globalization and inclusive development, intervention in Northeast India, employment of elderly teachers in Sri Lanka, regulations in prisons, ageing South Asia and elderly care, social exclusion and urban poor, girl child education in India, child protection in Bangladesh and women panchayat leaders – to provide an evidence-based understanding of social policy formulation, implementation and monitoring in South Asia.

Comprehensive and topical, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of political studies, sociology, development studies and public policy, and also to practitioners and those in the development sector, NGOs and think tanks.

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Channaveer R. M. is a professor and head of the Department of Social Work, Central University of Karnataka, India.

Rajendra Baikady is a post-doctoral Researcher and Confucius Institute Understanding China Fellow at the Department of Social Work, Shandong University, People’s Republic of China.

Haruhiko Sakaguchi is professor of the Department of Social Welfare, Ryukoku University Junior College, Japan.

Cheng Sheng-Li is a professor of the Department of Social Work, School of Philosophy and Social Development, Shandong University, People’s Republic of China.

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9781138367425: Social Welfare Policies and Programmes in South Asia

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ISBN 10:  1138367427 ISBN 13:  9781138367425
Casa editrice: Routledge India, 2019
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