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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Social assistance"”.
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Rethinking Social Assistance Policy to Reflect Modern Socio-Economic Realities
… the smallest of communities, and new economic, social and political realities exist. The political, economic and social factors that once contributed to the “success” of the welfare state are now radically different. The framework for addressing poverty in our society must also change. …
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Making the Poor Work : Social Assistance and Activation in Sweden
… demands have been controversial questions in social policy during the workhouse era of the nineteenth century as well as in current discussions on social assistance and activation of recipients. The first part contains a discussion on the concepts of poverty, marginalisation, and social …
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Exploring Social Assistance Policy's Role In Alleviating Poverty In Post-Apartheid South Africa
Social assistance policy is an anti-poverty approach used by the South African government to tackle socio-economic challenges. This study analysed the social assistance policy's role in alleviating poverty in post-apartheid South Africa. Applying Sen's capability approach, the study explored the …
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South Africa's social assistance intervention as a building block of a developmental state
… explores the extent to which South Africa's social assistance programme can constitute a building block of a developmental state. Using a critical research approach and Taylor's conceptual framework (2002) that draws on Sen's understanding of development as freedom, I explore the impact of …
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Living in Algorithmic Governance: A Study in the Digital Governance of Social Assistance in Ontario
… examine the impact of the digital governance of social assistance in Ontario via a new software program, Social Assistance Management System (SAMS). SAMS represents a hybrid of traditional methods of regimenting welfare assistance and a newer high-tech version. I reveal a critical shift in …
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The social assistance needs of children with chronic health conditions : the application and comparison of two international instruments in the South African context
… are a group of children who require additional assistance from the State - social assistance (a term used for financial aid in South Africa) is one form of support that can be extended to these children. The present social assistance provisioning for these children Iimited, and assessment …
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Ramification of Social Assistance Act 13 of 2004 intentions, on social relief programme based on Child Support Grant at Ha-Mutsha Area in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
The child-support grant is one of the social assistance programmes, aimed at alleviating poverty. It is guided by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Act 09 of 2004 and Social Assistance Act 13 of 2004. Social assistance programmes have created dependency on government and the …
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A study of state-based social assistance provision and its influence on the developmental character of the South African State: the case of the child support grant
… at examining the extent to which state-based social assistance provision, in the form of Child Support Grant (CSG), influences the character of a developmental state. Social assistance provision is understood to be part of a developmental state response to the needs of its citizens. I have …
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Can a Case be made for the Provision of Government Funded Social Assistance to Refugees in South Africa? Defining a Constitutional Standard for Refugee Protection in South Africa
… to remove the exclusion of refugees from their social security scheme. The case put forward by this paper is that the inclusion of refugees into the South African social security scheme will not only improve the quality of its refugee protection policies but it will make them more compatible …
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To What Extent Do Theories Derived in a Westernised Context on Self-Regulated Learning, Self-Efficacy, and Seeking Social Assistance Apply to Saudi First-Year Undergraduates: A Mixed Method Research
… learning (SRL), self-efficacy (SE), and seeking social assistance (SSA) behaviour. In addition, the existing literature looked into the relationship between SRL, SE, and/or SSA, yet the vast majority did not target Saudi learners. This research aimed to address the aforementioned gaps in this …
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The social assistance act has been interpreted to delegate the decisions on the qualifying age limit and income threshold for the child support grant to two executive ministers. is the delegation constitutional?
Sections 5(2), 32(1) and (2), of the Social Assistance Act 13 of 2004 have been interpreted by the Ministers of Social Development (SD) and Finance to delegate authority to them to determine the age limit of children and the income threshold of caregivers who qualify for the Child Support Grant …
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Problemen förgår, lösningarna består : Organisering av kommunala insatser för unga arbetslösa med försörjningsproblem
… and the proportion of young adults receiving social assistance rose dra-matically. In response, municipalities initiated local intervention programs aimed at reducing the number of young social assistance recipients. In 2005, this population had decreased. However, the organization of local …
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A critical examination of the concept of welfare dependency : its assumptions, underlying values and manifistation in social policy, internationally and in South Africa
… prominently in the public discoursearound social assistance programmes in numerous countries for many years. The notionthat social assistance payments tend to sap the recipient's initiative, independence andpropensity for securing paid employment is widespread and is often assumed to be …
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A critical examination of the concept of welfare dependency: its assumptions, underlying values and manifestation in social policy, internationally and in South Africa
… prominently in the public discourse around social assistance programmes in numerous countries for many years. The notion that social assistance payments tend to sap the recipient's initiative, independence and propensity for securing paid employment is widespread and is often assumed to be …
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Socialinių paslaugų plėtotė, kaip socialinės įtraukos prielaida, organizuojant neįgaliųjų laisvalaikį /
… that disability limits individuals' physical and social functions and affects their autonomy and activity. Providing assistance to people with disabilities highlights the need for sociocultural services, which increase their activity and involvement. In order to develop an effective social …
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Den dubbla vanmaktens logik : En studie om långvarig arbetslöshet och socialbidragstagande bland unga vuxna
… and the experience of being unemployed and a social assistance recipient among those who remained in benefit dependency after the welfare crisis in the 1990s. The methodological approach is a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. The empirical data is collected from 3 studies; …
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Social protection for the migrant worker in South Africa
… of this dissertation is to investigate the social protection, if any, afforded to migrant workers in South Africa. To accomplish this purpose, the ambit of the concept of ‘social protection’ is investigated and the legal status and different categories of migrant workers are probed. The …
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Evaluation of policy regulating access to South African Social Security Agency's disability grants in Umlazi township
The Social Assistance Act 13 of 2004 makes provision for social assistance in the form of older person's grant, disability grant, child support grant, foster care grant, war veteran grant, care dependency grant and social relief of distress. The provision of a disability grant is prescribed in …
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The neoliberalization of street vending policy in Lima, Peru: the politics of citizenship. property and public space in the production of a new urban marginality
… a significant and global impact on political, social and economic life across spaces. This work illustrates how neoliberalism is attempting to change the ways in which the urban poor - particularly those that participate in street vending - use urban spaces in Lima, Peru. Using municipal …
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