Social Investment and Social Welfare

Edited by James Midgley, Espen Dahl and Amy Conley Wright

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This book contributes to the growing literature on social investment by discussing the way social investment ideas have been adopted in different countries and in various academic and professional fields, including social policy, development studies and non-profit management. Documenting the experience of implementing social investment in different communities, it encourages a One World perspective that integrates these diverse experiences and promotes policy learning between different nations.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
ISBN: 9781785367823
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Social investment: concepts, uses and theoretical perspectives , pp 13-32

James Midgley

Ch 2 Social investment in early childhood in Australia , pp 33-51

Amy Conley Wright

Ch 3 Housing and social investment: lessons from Hong Kong and Singapore , pp 52-69

James Lee

Ch 4 Social investments and poor families in India: the role of early childhood and employment programmes , pp 70-86

Sony Pellissery

Ch 5 Employment policy and social investment in Norway , pp 87-104

Espen Dahl and Thomas Lorentzen

Ch 6 The Child Support Grant in South Africa: gender, care and social investment , pp 105-122

Leila Patel

Ch 7 Investing in communities in the United States: social capital, asset building and local enterprise , pp 123-140

James Midgley

Ch 8 Cash transfers as social investments: the Brazilian case , pp 141-159

Anthony Hall

Ch 9 Pension reform in China: towards social investment , pp 160-176

Joe C. B. Leung and Yuebin Xu

Ch 10 A critical perspective on child care and social investment in Norway: what is in children’s best interest? , pp 177-195

Knut Halvorsen, Amy Østertun Geirdal and Anne Grete Tøge

Ch 11 Social investment as a means of integrating immigrants in Europe , pp 196-215

Steinar Stjernø

Ch 12 Social investment and the international development organizations , pp 216-234

Sarah Cook

Ch 13 Conclusion: lessons learned and future directions , pp 235-242

James Midgley, Espen Dahl and Amy Conley Wright

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