Non-State Social Protection Actors and Services in Africa - Governance Below the State

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Awortwi is the Director of Research Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), a Pan-African organisation based in Nairobi, Kenya. Gregor Walter-Drop is the Managing Director of the Center for Area Studies at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. Klappentext Many people in Sub-Sahara Africa don't have access to improved sanitation facilities, and a quarter are undernourished. Informal community groups deliver the majority of social protection services, but most are disqualified from official recognition as they don't "fit" the model of accountability. The book warns against undermining this resource. Zusammenfassung Many people in Sub-Sahara Africa don't have access to improved sanitation facilities, and a quarter are undernourished. Informal community groups deliver the majority of social protection services, but most are disqualified from official recognition as they don't "fit" the model of accountability. The book warns against undermining this resource. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Governance Characteristics and Policy Relevance of Informal Social Protection Services in Ethiopia 3. Governance of Non-State Social Protection Services in Ghana: Communication as Accountability Mechanisms in Mutual Aid Organisations in Wassa 4. Social Protection and Citizenship Rights of Vulnerable Children: A Perspective on Interventions by Non-state Actors in Western Kenya 5. Governance Mechanisms of Burial Societies in Western Uganda 6. Hedging Against Vulnerability: Associational Life as a Social Insurance Strategy by the poor in the Central Region of Ghana 7. Women’s Economic Empowerment in Kenya: Lessons from Non-State Social Protection Actors and Services in Nyanza Region 8. Governance of non-state social protection initiatives for addressing gendered poverty in Uganda: Beyond counting of women on governance committees? 9. Governance Dynamics in the Provision of Community Based Social Protection Services in Tanzania 10. Conclusion, Implications for Public Policy and Governance Theory ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Nicholas (Partnership for African Social Awortwi, Nicholas Walter-Drop Awortwi
• Mitarbeit: Nicholas Awortwi (Herausgeber), Nicholas (Partnership for African Social and Governance Research Awortwi (Herausgeber), Awortwi Nicholas (Herausgeber), Gregor Walter-Drop (Herausgeber), Walter-Drop Gregor (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781138059627
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05962-7
• Seiten: 168
• Serien: African Governance; African Governance
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Sozialpädagogik, Soziale Arbeit; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Politics & government, Social welfare & social services, Social issues & processes, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Regional / International studies, Social and ethical issues, Development Studies, Regional Geography, Development economics and emerging economies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies