Rebecca Surender
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 284393 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Rebecca Surender |
| NOMBRES | Rebecca |
| APELLIDO | Surender |
| FIRMA | SURENDER R |
| AFILIACIONES | Oxford Policy Management |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1998 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Social policy in Africa
The ideas, practicalities, and challenges of establishing effective social protection in Africa are steadily, if somewhat slowly, gaining notice in both policy-making forums and mainstream social policy analysis. The world’s second largest and populous continent, Africa is also its poorest region, with chronic poverty, vulnerabilities, and preventable hardship. Despite some significant developments in social welfare interventions and outcomes sin…
The rise of big philanthropy in global social policy
A new group of Western development donors has emerged as increasingly influential actors in global social policy.Big philanthropieshave begun implementing social protection projects on a vast scale across the Global South and have become integrated within global governance structures. It is essential to examine whether their approach to social policy in the South is effective, legitimate and desirable for the substantive agendas and programmes in…
Southern social world-regionalisms
This article presents key results from a comparative qualitative Social Policy study of nine African regional economic communities’ (RECs) regional health policies. The article asks to what extent has health been incorporated into RECs’ public policy functions and actions, and what similarities and differences are evident among the RECs. Utilising a World Health Organization (WHO) framework for conceptualising health systems, the research evidenc…
Handbook of Social Policy and Development
The key institutions, actors, processes and outcomes of social policy and development are traditionally conceptualized and theorized in relation to countries, and intra-national processes of development and change.An established body of literature considers how social policy and social development strategies, actors, institutions and outcomes in transnational contexts, emphasising how these are projected 'outwardly' and how policy formation trans…
The drive for universal healthcare in South Africa
To address problems of inadequate public health services, escalating private healthcare costs and widening health inequalities, the South Africa (SA) Government has launched a bold new proposal to introduce a universal, comprehensive and integrated system for all SAs; National Health Insurance. Though attention has been devoted to the economics of universal coverage less attention has been paid to other potential challenges, in particular the imp…
Social Policy in a Developing World
Contents: PART I: CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS 1. Introduction Rebecca Surender 2. The Role of Historical Contexts in Shaping Social Policy in the Global South Rebecca Surender PART II: INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS 3. The Role of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Poverty Reduction: Limits of Policy Change Antje Vetterlein 4. Building the Welfare Mix or Sidelining the State? Non-Governmental Organisations in Developing Countri…
The role of historical contexts in shaping social policy in the global South
Social policy in the context of new global actors
China’s role as an emerging donor and its conceptualization of social policy in Africa has generated polarized reactions in the West. Many argue its ‘productivist’ approach is driven less by notions of citizenship and social rights, and more in terms of accumulation functions. Social investment is justified for broader economic development goals in contrast to current safety-net or ‘welfarist’ models of Western donors. While some international or…
Social Policy Review 24
This edition of Social Policy Review marks the 40th anniversary of a publication from the UK Social Policy Association devoted to presenting an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship. It includes a special Anniversary Preface celebrating the publication's evolution and distinctive contributions. Continuing its reputation as a cutting edge, international publication in social policy, Part One of this edition analyse…
Why do families still not receive the child support grant in South Africa? A longitudinal analysis of a cohort of families across South Africa
BACKGROUND: Child cash transfers are increasingly recognised for their potential to reduce poverty and improve health outcomes. South Africa's child support grant (CSG) constitutes the largest cash transfer in the continent. No studies have been conducted to look at factors associated with successful receipt of the CSG. This paper reports findings on factors associated with CSG receipt in three settings in South Africa (Paarl in the Western Cape …
Social Assistance and Dependency in South Africa
Despite the absence of an unemployment grant in South Africa, there is growing concern that other social assistance provision might nevertheless weaken work motivation and create a 'dependency culture'. This study explores attitudes about the relationship between grant receipt and paid employment in South Africa. Using both quantitative and qualitative data, it examines whether there is evidence of a 'dependency culture', the nature and strength …
Addressing poverty through community-based income generation projects
This article presents the findings of a qualitative study of an income generation initiative developed in South Africa during the late1990s. The initiative reflected a growing policy emphasis that work had to be a main pathway out of poverty, and was designed to encourage entrepreneurship among deprived communities by providing grants for small business creation. The study found several barriers and challenges to successful implementation and pol…
Modern Challenges to the Welfare State and the Antecedents of the Third Way
There has been considerable rethinking on the part of governments when it comes to social policy, in particular, about the relationships between the labour market, the family, and the state, and about the role of the state and the nature of governance. Very little of the post-war welfare settlement remains unquestioned, whether the nature of the risk addressed; the nature of entitlements and the form of conditionality to be applied; or the best m…
Welfare State Change
This book explores the origins, content and consequences of Third Way social policy reform in the welfare systems of industrialized economies. It considers the extent to which Third Way ideology and institutional structures converge or vary in various national settings. The book is divided into three parts. Part I traces the political and historical development of the Third Way social policy agenda. Part II focuses on the areas central to restruc…
Regulation of junior doctors' work hours
Will Doctors Manage? Lessons from general practice fundholding
English Under the UK Conservative government, GP fundholding represented a major increase in the involvement of primary care doctors in the management of local service provision. The Labour government’s proposals for Primary Care Groups extends and develops this role. This article examines the experiences of fundholding of a group of general practices which participated in an external evaluation of their work. Opinions about the merits of fundhol…
The patient's view of general practice fundholding
We report the results of a survey of patients' awareness, attitudes and satisfaction regarding fundholding and related developments in primary care, and compare the responses of patients in fundholding and non-fundholding practices. (Six total fundholding general practices and two non-fundholding general practices in West Berkshire were included.) An anonymous postal questionnaire was sent to 1150 patients with joint pain aged 17-80, of whom 715 …
Welfare state change
Integrating theoretical debates and empirical research, this text analyses a number of industrialised economies and examines the 'Third Way' social policy.
Social Assistance and Dependency in South Africa
Despite the absence of an unemployment grant in South Africa, there is growing concern that other social assistance provision might nevertheless weaken work motivation and create a 'dependency culture'. This study explores attitudes about the relationship between grant receipt and paid employment in South Africa. Using both quantitative and qualitative data, it examines whether there is evidence of a 'dependency culture', the nature and strength …
Regulation of junior doctors' work hours
The rise of big philanthropy in global social policy
A new group of Western development donors has emerged as increasingly influential actors in global social policy.Big philanthropieshave begun implementing social protection projects on a vast scale across the Global South and have become integrated within global governance structures. It is essential to examine whether their approach to social policy in the South is effective, legitimate and desirable for the substantive agendas and programmes in…
Addressing poverty through community-based income generation projects
This article presents the findings of a qualitative study of an income generation initiative developed in South Africa during the late1990s. The initiative reflected a growing policy emphasis that work had to be a main pathway out of poverty, and was designed to encourage entrepreneurship among deprived communities by providing grants for small business creation. The study found several barriers and challenges to successful implementation and pol…
Social policy in Africa
The ideas, practicalities, and challenges of establishing effective social protection in Africa are steadily, if somewhat slowly, gaining notice in both policy-making forums and mainstream social policy analysis. The world’s second largest and populous continent, Africa is also its poorest region, with chronic poverty, vulnerabilities, and preventable hardship. Despite some significant developments in social welfare interventions and outcomes sin…
Southern social world-regionalisms
This article presents key results from a comparative qualitative Social Policy study of nine African regional economic communities’ (RECs) regional health policies. The article asks to what extent has health been incorporated into RECs’ public policy functions and actions, and what similarities and differences are evident among the RECs. Utilising a World Health Organization (WHO) framework for conceptualising health systems, the research evidenc…
Social policy in the context of new global actors
China’s role as an emerging donor and its conceptualization of social policy in Africa has generated polarized reactions in the West. Many argue its ‘productivist’ approach is driven less by notions of citizenship and social rights, and more in terms of accumulation functions. Social investment is justified for broader economic development goals in contrast to current safety-net or ‘welfarist’ models of Western donors. While some international or…
The patient's view of general practice fundholding
We report the results of a survey of patients' awareness, attitudes and satisfaction regarding fundholding and related developments in primary care, and compare the responses of patients in fundholding and non-fundholding practices. (Six total fundholding general practices and two non-fundholding general practices in West Berkshire were included.) An anonymous postal questionnaire was sent to 1150 patients with joint pain aged 17-80, of whom 715 …
Will Doctors Manage? Lessons from general practice fundholding
English Under the UK Conservative government, GP fundholding represented a major increase in the involvement of primary care doctors in the management of local service provision. The Labour government’s proposals for Primary Care Groups extends and develops this role. This article examines the experiences of fundholding of a group of general practices which participated in an external evaluation of their work. Opinions about the merits of fundhol…
Modern Challenges to the Welfare State and the Antecedents of the Third Way
There has been considerable rethinking on the part of governments when it comes to social policy, in particular, about the relationships between the labour market, the family, and the state, and about the role of the state and the nature of governance. Very little of the post-war welfare settlement remains unquestioned, whether the nature of the risk addressed; the nature of entitlements and the form of conditionality to be applied; or the best m…
Welfare State Change
This book explores the origins, content and consequences of Third Way social policy reform in the welfare systems of industrialized economies. It considers the extent to which Third Way ideology and institutional structures converge or vary in various national settings. The book is divided into three parts. Part I traces the political and historical development of the Third Way social policy agenda. Part II focuses on the areas central to restruc…
Regulation of junior doctors' work hours
Addressing poverty through community-based income generation projects
This article presents the findings of a qualitative study of an income generation initiative developed in South Africa during the late1990s. The initiative reflected a growing policy emphasis that work had to be a main pathway out of poverty, and was designed to encourage entrepreneurship among deprived communities by providing grants for small business creation. The study found several barriers and challenges to successful implementation and pol…
Social Assistance and Dependency in South Africa
Despite the absence of an unemployment grant in South Africa, there is growing concern that other social assistance provision might nevertheless weaken work motivation and create a 'dependency culture'. This study explores attitudes about the relationship between grant receipt and paid employment in South Africa. Using both quantitative and qualitative data, it examines whether there is evidence of a 'dependency culture', the nature and strength …
Social Policy Review 24
This edition of Social Policy Review marks the 40th anniversary of a publication from the UK Social Policy Association devoted to presenting an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship. It includes a special Anniversary Preface celebrating the publication's evolution and distinctive contributions. Continuing its reputation as a cutting edge, international publication in social policy, Part One of this edition analyse…
Why do families still not receive the child support grant in South Africa? A longitudinal analysis of a cohort of families across South Africa
BACKGROUND: Child cash transfers are increasingly recognised for their potential to reduce poverty and improve health outcomes. South Africa's child support grant (CSG) constitutes the largest cash transfer in the continent. No studies have been conducted to look at factors associated with successful receipt of the CSG. This paper reports findings on factors associated with CSG receipt in three settings in South Africa (Paarl in the Western Cape …
Social Policy in a Developing World
Contents: PART I: CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS 1. Introduction Rebecca Surender 2. The Role of Historical Contexts in Shaping Social Policy in the Global South Rebecca Surender PART II: INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS 3. The Role of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Poverty Reduction: Limits of Policy Change Antje Vetterlein 4. Building the Welfare Mix or Sidelining the State? Non-Governmental Organisations in Developing Countri…
The role of historical contexts in shaping social policy in the global South
Social policy in the context of new global actors
China’s role as an emerging donor and its conceptualization of social policy in Africa has generated polarized reactions in the West. Many argue its ‘productivist’ approach is driven less by notions of citizenship and social rights, and more in terms of accumulation functions. Social investment is justified for broader economic development goals in contrast to current safety-net or ‘welfarist’ models of Western donors. While some international or…
The drive for universal healthcare in South Africa
To address problems of inadequate public health services, escalating private healthcare costs and widening health inequalities, the South Africa (SA) Government has launched a bold new proposal to introduce a universal, comprehensive and integrated system for all SAs; National Health Insurance. Though attention has been devoted to the economics of universal coverage less attention has been paid to other potential challenges, in particular the imp…
Handbook of Social Policy and Development
The key institutions, actors, processes and outcomes of social policy and development are traditionally conceptualized and theorized in relation to countries, and intra-national processes of development and change.An established body of literature considers how social policy and social development strategies, actors, institutions and outcomes in transnational contexts, emphasising how these are projected 'outwardly' and how policy formation trans…
Southern social world-regionalisms
This article presents key results from a comparative qualitative Social Policy study of nine African regional economic communities’ (RECs) regional health policies. The article asks to what extent has health been incorporated into RECs’ public policy functions and actions, and what similarities and differences are evident among the RECs. Utilising a World Health Organization (WHO) framework for conceptualising health systems, the research evidenc…
Social policy in Africa
The ideas, practicalities, and challenges of establishing effective social protection in Africa are steadily, if somewhat slowly, gaining notice in both policy-making forums and mainstream social policy analysis. The world’s second largest and populous continent, Africa is also its poorest region, with chronic poverty, vulnerabilities, and preventable hardship. Despite some significant developments in social welfare interventions and outcomes sin…
The rise of big philanthropy in global social policy
A new group of Western development donors has emerged as increasingly influential actors in global social policy.Big philanthropieshave begun implementing social protection projects on a vast scale across the Global South and have become integrated within global governance structures. It is essential to examine whether their approach to social policy in the South is effective, legitimate and desirable for the substantive agendas and programmes in…
Welfare state change
Integrating theoretical debates and empirical research, this text analyses a number of industrialised economies and examines the 'Third Way' social policy.
Political science (16 obras) · Economics (10 obras) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (10 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Economic growth (7 obras) · Law (7 obras) · Medicine (6 obras) · Business (4 obras) · Development economics (4 obras) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (4 obras)