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Education:

B. Soc. Sc., University of Cape Town, South Africa, Social Administration, Social Work, Sociology, 1965; M. Soc. Sc. in Sociology, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1967; M. Sc. in Social Administration & Social Work Studies, London School of Economics, 1970; PhD Sociology, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1971.

Courses Taught:

Social Welfare Policy (SW 112), International Social Welfare (SW 236), Intro to Social Welfare (SW 240), Welfare Theory: Macro Perspectives (SW 298)


Research Interests:

Social development; international and comparative social welfare; social policy; social security; social work education.

Selected Publications:

RECENT BOOKS

Social Policy for Development. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA and London, 2004 (with Anthony Hall).

Lessons from Abroad: Adapting International Social Welfare Innovations. Washington, DC: NASW Press, 2004. (Editor with M. C. Hokenstad and James Midgley).

International Encylopedia of Social Policy. London & New York: Routledge, 2006 (Editor with Tony Fitzpatrick, Huk-ju Kwong, Nick Manning & Gail Pascall).

Controversial Issues in Social Policy (Third edition). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon (Simon and Schuster), 2007 (Editor with Howard Karger and Brene Brown).

International Perspectives on Welfare to Work Policy. New York: Haworth Press, 2006. (Editor with Richard Hoefer). [Published simultaneously a a special issue of the Journal of Social Policy Practice, Vol. 5 (2/3) 2006 (Editor with Richard Hoefer).

Issues of Developmental Social Policy in China. Beijing: China Social Security Press, 2007. (Editor with Xuilan Zhang and Yuebin Xu). (In Chinese)

RECENT JOURNAL ARTICLES

‘International Social Welfare, Globalization and the Unipolar World.’ Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare. Vol. 33 (4) 2006, pp.11-18.

‘Promoting an Indigenous Perspective in Social Policy: Post-Colonial Possibilities.’ International Review of Public Administration, 2006. Vol. 10(2) 15-20.

‘Welfare and Welfare to Work in the United States: The Role of Social Work.’ Journal of Policy Practice, Vol. 5 (2/3) 2006, 7-25.

‘Perspectives on Globalization, Social Justice and Social Welfare.’ Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare. Vol. 34 (2), 2007, pp. 17-35.

‘Advocacy, Politics and the Responsibilities of Professional Associations. The Curious Case of the Guest Editorial.’ Journal of Progressive Human Services. Vol. 18 (2), 2007, pp. 1-5.

‘Global Inequality, Power and the Unipolar World: Implications for Social Work.’ International Social Work. Vol. 50 (5), pp. 613-626.

RECENT BOOK CHAPTERS

Development Theory and Community Practice. In M. Weil (Ed.), Handbook of Community Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005, pp. 153-168 (With Michelle Livermore).

International Social Welfare. In J. M. Herrick and P. H. Stuart (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005, pp. 198-203.

Assets in Historical and International Perspective. In M. Sherraden (Ed). Inclusion in the American Dream: Assets, Poverty and Public Policy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 42-58.

Social Development. In Tony Fitzpatrick, Huk-ju Kwong, Nick Manning, James Midgley & Gail Pascall (Eds.), International Encylopedia of Social Policy. London & New York: Routledge, 2006, pp. 1236-1241.

Developmental Social Policy: Theory and Practice. In Xin Gu (Ed.), Chinese Social Policy. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, 2006, pp. 1-26. (In Chinese).

Soziale Entwicklung: Die Roller Soziale Arbeit. In Leonie Wagner and Ronald Lutz and (Eds.), Internationals Perspektiven Socialer Arbeit. Frankfurt Am Maine: IKO-Verlag, 2007, pp 129- 148. [Social Development: The Role of Social Work].

International Social Work: Challenges and Opportunities. In Diana DiNitto and Aaron C. McNeece (Eds.), Issues and Opportunities in a Challenging Profession. Chicago, IL: Lyceum Books, 2006, pp.357-379.

Development, Social Development and Human Rights. In Elizabeth Reichert (Ed.), Human Rights Reader. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006, pp. 97-121.

Developmental Social Policy: Theory and Practice. In Xuilan Zhang and James Midgley (Eds.) Issues of Developmental Social Policy in China. Beijing: China Social Security Press, 2007, pp. 157-181

Critical Perspectives on Social Development. In Xuilan Zhang and James Midgley (Eds.), Issues of Developmental Social Policy in China. Beijing: China Social Security Press,, 2007, pp. 181-20