Social development : the developmental perspective in social welfare / James Midgley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Midgley, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human services--Developing countries.

Human services.

Social planning--Developing countries.

Social planning.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

vii, 194 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 1995.

Summary:

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 th

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-188) and index.

ISBN:

0803977727

0803977735

OCLC:

33403966