Social Policy and the Commonwealth: Prospects for Social Inclusion [Hardcover]

This book offers unprecedented insights into both the workings of the Commonwealth and into the contrasting experiences of member states within it, with regard to social exclusion. Chapters on British social policy tradition and on concepts of social inclusion/exclusion, preface a series of case studies illustrative of different member states' experiences to date.

Editorial Introduction; C.Jones Finer & P.Smyth PART I: INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW British Social Policy Tradition in Relation to Empire and Commonwealth; C.Jones Finer Social Inclusion in a Changing World and Commonwealth; P.Harris PART II: NATIONAL CASE STUDIES The Paradox of Exclusion/Inclusion: The West Indies - Jamaica; J.Moncrieffe Community Development in Botswana: Is There Social Inclusion?; M.J.Rankopo Social Welfare and Social Development in South Africa: Reshaping the Colonial and Apartheid Legacy for a Global Era; L.Patel & J.Midgley Social Inclusive Social Security in Rural Tamil Nadu, India; B.Harriss-White Social Policy and the Sri Lankan Welfare State: The British Colonial Legacy; L.Jayasuria Balancing State Welfarism and Individual Responsibility; Singapore's CPF Model Ern-Ser Tan After The Malay Dilemma: Colonial Heritage and Ethnic Exclusion in Malaysia; S.Yao The Tyranny of Home Ownership: Housing Policy and Social Exclusion in Colonial and Post-Colonial Hong Kong; J.Lee The British Social Policy Legacy and the 'Australian Way'; P.Smyth Redesigning the Welfare State in New Zealand; S.St John Canada, Social Inclusion and the Commonwealth; M.J.Stewart PART III: THE COMMONWEALTH AS A TRANSNATIONAL INSTITUTION The Commonwealth and Social Inclusion; W.D.McIntyre Editorial Conclusion; C.Jones Finer & P.SmythPATRICIA HARRIS is Professor of Sociology l3&