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Social Policy and Development in East Africa: the Case of Education and Labour Market Policies

In: Social Policy in Sub-Saharan African Context

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  • Chachage Seithy L. Chachage

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Several approaches to the role of social policy — including provision of education and employment — have emerged in the past 200 years or so. The functional approach has mainly focused on the problems that affect the smooth reproduction of a socioeconomic system, with an emphasis on how to deal with those problems that cause instability and imbalances in a society, since these are indicators of disorganization and deviance (George and Wilding 1976). In this context, a social policy is what constitutes the solution to the social problem. The functional approach to social policy is an old one, associated with the problem of social order and social control. This approach has always been anti-collectivist and pro-individualist, in that it rejects all interference with the market forces in the name of freedom and efficiency. Within this context, social welfare is residual.

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  • Chachage Seithy L. Chachage, 2007. "Social Policy and Development in East Africa: the Case of Education and Labour Market Policies," Social Policy in a Development Context, in: ’Jìmí O. Adésínà (ed.), Social Policy in Sub-Saharan African Context, chapter 3, pages 87-111, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:sopchp:978-0-230-59098-4_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230590984_3
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