{"product_id":"social-policy-and-transformation-in-samuel-ojo-oloruntoba-9789786019413","title":"Social Policy and Transformation in Africa: A Festschrift for Professor Omotade Akin Aina","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Festschrift examines social policies and transformation in Africa within the context of the previous works done by Professor Omotade Akin Aina whose scholarly and policy engagements have straddled these various sectors. His contributions cover knowledge production in the academia, institutional strengthening, and philanthropy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe footprints of Akin Aina in the field can be seen in the various theoretical and policy interventions he has made over a career that has lasted almost four decades. With an intellectual tradition that is rooted in Africa centred epistemology, his works have contributed to the knowledge of understanding alternative perspectives to social policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors to this volume adopt different disciplinary perspectives to interpret the key concepts in this Festschrift. While the perspectives are different, the contributors underscored the importance of social policy as well as the role of the state, and philanthropic organisations in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9786019415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789786019413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Noirledge Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.91d","brand":"Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44566976495871,"sku":"9789786019413","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1719ef21-b40c-4094-9ff9-9d790c02e158.jpg?v=1701375395","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/social-policy-and-transformation-in-samuel-ojo-oloruntoba-9789786019413","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}