Social policy in developing countries / / Arthur Livingstone

• Autore: Livingstone Arthur
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (131 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.6091724; 361.61091724
• Soggetto topico: Rural development - Developing countries
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Social policy
• Note generali: First published in 1969 by Routledge & Kegan Paul.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-[120]).
• Nota di contenuto: SOCIAL POLICY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; Copyright; Social Policy in Developing Countries; Copyright; General editor's introduction; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Education; Literacy; Types and levels of education; Manpower needs; Educational content and methods; The educated and the illiterate; Disillusion of the educated; Types of education required; Education for limited qualifications; Teacher training; The administration of educational policy; 3 Health; Health planning; Health administration; Co-ordination of social services; Health education; Medical auxiliaries; Rural health services ; Community organization for healthRural urban migration; Nutrition; The curative and preventive in health planning; Hospital services; The general medical practitioner; Mental health services; Medical research; 4 Social welfare; The definition of social welfare; The child; The delinquent; The disabled; Women; The interpretation of social welfare; Social welfare priorities; Community effort for social welfare; Social wastage; Selective social planning; The historical context of social welfare planning; 5 The determinants of social policy; Economic factors; Political factors; Cultural factors ; The familyCelebrations; Tradition and change; National defence; International aid; The interests of the donor; The international consultant; The interests of the recipient; 6 The instruments of social policy; Legislation; Administration; The national plan; Plan characteristics; Plan deficiencies; Intermediate technology; The purposes of a plan; Research; Scarcity of research; The beginnings of research; The dimensions of research; U.N.R.I.S.D; Training; Human resources; 7 Conclusion; Further reading; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: This reissue, first published in 1969, is a study of contemporary social policy in developing countries, which places the emphasis upon the human needs and requirements for social change which confront any people and any government, wherever their political and international affiliations lie, whatever their economic and social convictions may be.
• Titolo autorizzato: Social policy in developing countries
• ISBN: 1-136-85706-0; 1-283-53910-1; 9786613851550; 1-136-85707-9; 0-203-83552-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790322203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge library editions. . -Development ; ; Volume 90.