Helmut Spitzer, Zena Mnasi Mabeyo

Broschiertes Buch

In Search of Protection. Older People and their Fight for Survival in Tanzania

Beschreibung

Older people in Tanzania are disadvantaged and marginalized in many ways. They lack adequate formal social protection. They also suffer from diminishing family and community support. They face a series of multi-faceted problems and care for most AIDS-orphans, yet they are a much neglected target group in national social policy and international development programs. This book provides a theoretical discussion of aging issues and their linkage to social protection. It depicts various policy frameworks at international, Pan-African and national level. And it provides extensive empirical findings on older people's living conditions.

Autor

Helmut SPITZER, PhD, is a Professor of Social Work at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria. He served as Overall Coordinator of the projects PROSOWO I (2011-2014) and PROSOWO II (2016-2018) on the promotion of professional social work in East Africa. His teaching, research and publications (in German and English) focus on international social work, social work methods, gerontological social work, children in especially difficult circumstances, crosscultural research, and social work in East Africa. The book Professional Social Work in East Africa: Towards Social Development, Poverty Reduction and Gender Equality (2014), which he published together with Janestic M. Twikirize and Gidraph G. Wairire, has become a major reference on social work in the East African region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 194g
• ISBN-13: 9789987080809
• ISBN-10: 9987080804
• Artikelnr.: 41242137