How has South Africa progressed in creating a better social development system for its people in the last decade? Have the strategies implemented has a positive impact on the population, and how do we evaluate and build on their success? The second edition of Social Welfare and Social Development in South Africa reflects on these questions; on the changes and debates that have occurred over the past decade, the issues and challenges in the implementation of the approach and new directions and shifts that have occurred in social development policy thinking. The book aims to: provide academics, researchers, practitioners, undergraduate students in social work and development studies, and policy makers, with a sound orientation to the theory and practice of developmental social welfare and social work in South Africa. Enhance their grasp of the concepts, theories, values, skills and interventions in the fluids, of developmental welfare, social work and the social service. Draw on comparative literature and experience locally, regionally and globally where relevant. Book jacket.