A Response to Social Problems in Developing Countries

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ID11636103
AuthorsEdwin Kaseke (University of Zimbabwe, corresponding author)
Year1990
Volume24
Issue1
Pages13-20
Publication date1990-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Policy and Administration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0144-5596 • E-ISSN: 1467-9515
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9515.1990.tb00321.x
OpenAlexW2019518609
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited2

This paper considers social development as a relatively new concept, and new practice model. Its definition still lacks concreteness. Here it is viewed as a process of planned institutional change to bring about a better fit between human needs and social policies and programmes (Sanders, 1982); it is not satisfactory to measure development in purely economic terms, for this has resulted in the marginalization of the majority of the population in developing countries. The curative and remedial functions adopted by the social work profession in accordance with the dictates of the modernization approach, have rendered social work unable to address itself meaningfully to the problem of marginalization or mass poverty. Social development rests upon social policies that are promotive of human needs and this is only possible in circumstances where such policies are a product of the people's participation

Concreteness · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Modernization theory · Political science · Population · Poverty · Process (computing · Remedial education · Social change · Social policy · Sociology · Work (physics · Homelessness and Social Issues · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Work Education and Practice

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