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- This article provides a comparative assessment of social work field practice in the two most established schools of social work in the Caribbean (University of the West Indies - Mona and the University of Guyana) and the School of Social Work in Zimbabwe. The research is based on a self-administered questionnaire which gathered details on supervision and instruction procedures of the respective practicum in each institution. Analysis of the responses. of the sample provide information on the field practice conferences, delivery of supervisory functions, the role of the Faculty or School Coordinator and the value of student assignments. A wide-ranging set of suggestions for improving students' practicum experience are then made.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Many scholars of development, in Sub-Saharan Africa especially, have come to perceive increases in the African population as a threat to what is an already precarious balance between people and scarce natural resources, as well as being a handicap to general development in the region. Since the population increase trails behind food production and economic growth, there is severe population pressure on the environment as people try to scratch a living from the soil. This is also accompanied by the decline of per capita income and quality of life. Thus, the population hawk position (Teitelbaum 1975) maintains that the unrestrained population growth in Africa is the principal cause of poverty, malnutrition, environmental disruption and other social problems. This paper explores how family planning can be implemented in ways that would produce more positive results and enhance development in Cameroon.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Review of: Anne Hope and Sally Timmel. Training for transformation: a handbook for community workers. Gweru : Mambo Press, 1984.
- Date Issued:
- 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Review of: Caesarina Kona Makhoere. No child's play. London: Women's Press, 1988
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Date Issued:
- 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- This paper has discussed a number of issues on the nature and state of social policy practice and research in Zambia. One interesting observation is that there is no specific conception of social policy in Zambia, but rather conceived in terms of instruments of social policy such as health and educational services. Though the government policy is to promote stakeholder participation, there is no strong evidence of active participation in the policy formulation process. Similarly, policy implementation does not reflect policy guidelines partly due to inadequate human and financial resources; inadequate technical data; and political interference. Ithas also been noted that in the recent years, social and economic policies have not been conceived as complementary in nature. Economic policy has assumed a centre stage against the backdrop of adverse economic conditions. Social policy has been conceived in terms of mitigating the negative impacts of the structural adjustment programme (SAP) which has been instituted to restore economic prosperity. With regard to the state of social policy research, the problem areas for research, and the methods and techniques employed, have been appropriate for social policy practice in Zambia. However, problems relating to data analysis, presentation of findings and utilisation in policy formulation and implementation need to be addressed for social research to become an important tool for social policy practice in Zambia.
- Date Issued:
- 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- This article discusses the nature of programme evaluation. Its main focus is to explain the role of moral values in programme evaluation. It argues that the idea of value neutrality which is popular in scientific discourse is mistaken and impossible to realize. This is because evaluation necessarily involves value judgements which express the values of the evaluator. The article demonstrates how values, especially moral values, come into the scientific processes of describing, analysing and evaluating programmes. This is done through discussion of three different types of moral theories, that is, egoism, utilitarianism and duty-focused theories.
- Date Issued:
- 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- This paper attempts to highlight the weaknesses of the juvenile justice system in Zimbabwe and makes a case for law reform. It is the author's contention that whilst juvenile justice entails balancing two important considerations, namely the need to protect society against criminal behaviour and the need to pay special attention to the personal circumstances of the offender with a view to promoting his wellbeing, the disposal however is heavily weighed in favour of protecting society and thus emphasising retribution and reparation. There is therefore very little in the criminal justice system in Zimbabwe that seeks to promote the wellbeing of the juvenile offender in any meaningful way.
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- 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Although the overall agenda of the women s movement is committed to recognizing the needs and aspirations of women and ending gender-based inequality, issues concerning women and crime have always been ignored. This paper documents the situation of women in prison in Botswana. Although the proportion of prisoners who are women is relatively small, women constitute a growing subset of the entire prison population whose needs are different from those of men. Whereas factors that draw women to criminal activities may not differ markedly for men and women, women s crime is a reaction to the special circumstances of their prolonged victimization and dispossession. The paper explores how prisons have historically served to enforce and reinforce women s traditional roles and to foster dependency and passivity. The paper combines empirical evidence collected through qualitative research conducted in six female prisons in Botswana with feminist and empowerment models used to highlight the personal experiences and psychosocial problems of women in prison. We argue for the development of gender-appropriate and gender-sensitive social services in education, economic and personal empowerment, legal aid, medical and counselling, among others, in order to help women prisoners take control of their lives.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Individuals' reactions to working with survivors of trauma are multiple and diverse. The present paper aims to pinpoint common reactions to trauma work and to elaborate the ways in which these might manifest It outlines experiential exercises aimed at helping workers: to reexamine their own original reasons for engaging with trauma survivors; and to identify both their initial and current reactions to such work. Further exercises are outlined that aim at eliciting solutions to the more negative responses which trauma elicits and in promoting and capitalising upon responses at individual and organisational levels.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa