Social Welfare Policy in South Africa : From the Poor White Problem to a 'Digitised Social Contract'

Social Welfare Policy in South Africa examines the South African government’s response to social welfare challenges during and after apartheid. The book analyses social welfare policy reforms in South Africa from the social contract perspective. Through a critical analysis of the major social policy shifts in the country, the book illustrates that the provision of social welfare services is the most concrete way of fulfilling the terms of the social contract, especially in democratic South Africa. The book offers a useful approach to understanding the changes in the social welfare philosophy and practice that occurred when the country transitioned from minority to majority rule during the 1990s. By tracing the development of social welfare policy interventions over time, Social Welfare Policy in South Africa draws attention to the broader political, historical, social, and economic factors that have influenced social welfare policy in the country. Cover Table of Contents Figures and Tables Foreword (Ndangwa Noyoo) Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Chapter 1. Social Welfare and the Social Contract Chapter 2. Paradigms and Approaches to Social Welfare Chapter 3. Precursors of Institutional Social Welfare Chapter 4. Social Welfare and the Race Question in South Africa Chapter 5. The “Poor White Problem”: Causes, Scope and Public Response Chapter 6. Institutionalisation of Social Welfare in South Africa Chapter 7. The Non-state Social Welfare Sector in South Africa Chapter 8. The Political Economy of Social Welfare in Post-apartheid South Africa Chapter 9. The South African Social Welfare System and the New Social Contract Index Figures and Tables - Ndangwa Noyoo: Foreword - Preface - Acknowledgments - Abbreviations - Social Welfare and the Social Contract - Paradigms and Approaches to Social Welfare - Precursors of Institutional Social Welfare - Social Welfare and the Race Question in South Africa -.The "Poor White Problem": Causes, Scope and Public Response - Institutionalisation of Social Welfare in South Africa - The Non-state Social Welfare Sector in South Africa - The Political Economy of Social Welfare in Post-apartheid South Africa - The South African Social Welfare System and the New Social Contract - Index Social welfare and the social contract -- Paradigms and approaches to social welfare -- Precusors of institutional social welfare -- The politics of race and social welfare in South Africa -- The "poor white problem" : causes, scope and public response -- Institutionalisation of social welfare in South Africa -- The non-state social welfare sector in South Africa -- The political economy of social welfare in post-apartheid South Africa -- The South African social welfare system and the new social contract