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The politics of social protection in Eastern and Southern Africa / edited by Sam Hickey, Tom Lavers, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, and Jeremy Seekings.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- UNU-WIDER studies in development economics.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- UNU-WIDER studies in development economics
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--Political aspects--Africa.
- Public welfare.
- Social security--Political aspects--Africa.
- Social security.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 286 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Why have so many countries in Africa adopted social protection programmes over the past decade? This text challenges the common assumption that this phenomenon has been entirely driven by international development agencies, instead focusing on the critical role of political dynamics within specific African countries.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2019.
- "This is an open access publication. Except where otherwise noted, this work is distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial- Share Alike 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO)"--Home page.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 21, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-259069-3
- 0-19-188539-8
- 0-19-259068-5
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