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Title:

Non-state social protection actors and services in Africa : governance below the state / edited by Nicholas Awortwi and Gregor Walter-Drop.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xxvii, 167 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Human services--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Management.
Social service--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Economic assistance, Domestic--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions--21st century.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Economic conditions--21st century.
Economic assistance, Domestic.
Economic history.
Human services--Management.
Social conditions.
Social service.
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
2000-2099

Other Authors:

Awortwi, Nicholas, editor.
Walter-Drop, Gregor, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Governance characteristics and policy relevance of informal social protection services in Ethiopia -- Governance of non-state social protection services in Ghana: communication as accountability mechanisms in mutual aid organisations in Wassa -- Social protection and citizenship rights of vulnerable children: a perspective on interventions by non-state actors in western Kenya -- Governance mechanisms of burial societies in western Uganda -- Hedging against vulnerability: associational life as a social insurance strategy by the poor in the central region of Ghana -- Women's economic empowerment in Kenya: lessons from non-state social protection actors and services in Nyanza region -- Governance of non-state social protection initiatives for addressing gendered poverty in Uganda: beyond counting of women on governance committees? -- Governance dynamics in the provision of community based social protection services in Tanzania -- Conclusion, implications for public policy and governance theory.

Series:

African governance ; 2

ISBN:

1138059625
9781138059627

OCLC:

(OCoLC)971893132

LCCN:

2017004334

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)