Social development : the developmental perspective in social welfare

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Author:

Midgley, James.

ISBN:

9780803977723

9780803977730

Personal Author:

Midgley, James.

Publication Information:

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

Physical Description:

vii, 194 p. ; 22 cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

1. A Definition of Social Development. The Concept of Social Welfare. Approaches for Promoting Social Welfare. The Social Development Approach. Other Conceptions of Social Development -- 2. The Historical Context. Theories of Social Change and Intervention. The Welfare State and Planning in the Industrial Countries. Colonialism and Social Welfare in the Third World. The United Nations and the Popularization of Social Development. The Demise and Resurgence of Social Development -- 3. Theoretical Debates. The Nature of Theory in Social Development. The Condition of Underdevelopment. The Process of Social Development. The Goals of Social Development -- 4. Strategies for Social Development. Social Development by Individuals. Social Development by Communities. Social Development by Governments -- 5. Achieving Social Development: The Institutional Perspective. The Institutional Perspective. Implementing an Institutional Perspective.

Achieving Social Development: Some Case Illustrations. The Challenge Ahead.

Subject Term:

Human services -- Developing countries.

Social planning -- Developing countries.

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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 the institutional approach which urges extensive state involvement in welfare.