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Auteur(s) : Fonchingong, Charles Che
Titre(s) : Growing old in Cameroon [Texte imprimé] : gender, vulnerability, and social capital / Charles Che Fonchingong
Publication : Lanham : University Press of America, ©2013
Description matérielle : ix, 247 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Comprend : Machine generated contents note1.0 ; Introduction --1.1 ; Inadequacies of Current
Literature and New Dimension of the Research --1.2 ; Statement of the Research Problem
--1.3 ; Research Questions and Specific Objectives --2.0 ; Introduction --2.1 ; Downside
of Colonialism and Alternative Theoretical Frameworks --2.2 ; Old Age, Poverty, and
Re-appraising the Role of the State in Social Policy --2.3 ; The Concept of Social
Security and Social Protection --2.4 ; Conceptualising Social Capital and Collective
Agency --2.5 ; Feminist Critiques on the Welfare State and Women's Subordination --3.0
; Introduction --3.1 ; Social Protection and Traditional Support Mechanisms --3.2
; Mapping the Social Security Institutions and Protection Policies in Africa.
4.0 ; Introduction --4.1 ; History, Economic Perspective, and Political Conditions
--4.2 ; Ageing and Social Security in Cameroon --4.3 ; Administration and Social Security
Regime in Cameroon --4.4 ; Pitfalls of Cameroon's Social Security System --4.5 ; Alternative
Forms of Reciprocity, Mutual Support, and Social Security --5.0 ; Introduction --5.1
; An Overview of Gender and Ageing in Africa --5.2 ; Socio-Economic Perspectives on
Gender and Ageing --5.3 ; Women, Widowhood, and Ageing --5.4 ; Bringing Men into the
Discourse on Ageing --5.5 ; Situating the Debate on Gender and Formal Social Security
--5.6 ; Gender Concerns and Informal Social Security Arrangements --6.0 ; Introduction
--6.1 ; Period of Research --6.2 ; Location of the Research --6.3 ; Sample and Sampling
Frame --6.4 ; Conduct of Interviews.
6.5 ; Participant Observation --6.6 ; Focus Group Discussion --6.7 ; Data Analysis
--7.0 ; Introduction --7.1 ; Socio-Demographic Variables --7.2 ; Conclusion --8.0
; Introduction --8.1 ; Debunking the Myth of Old People as a Burden --8.2 ; Cultural
Attributes Connected to Old People --8.3 ; Plight, Coping Mechanisms and Livelihood
of Old People in Rural Semi-Urban, and Urban Areas --8.4 ; Building Social Capital,
Forms of Reciprocity, and Networking --8.5 ; Variations in Levels of Care for Old
People and Impact of Remittances --8.6 ; Old People and the Negotiation of Livelihoods
in the Informal Sector --8.7 ; Kinship-Based and Other Traditional Forms of Support
--8.8 ; Faith-Based Support for Old People --8.9 ; Elder Abuse and Forms of Disrespect
--8.10 ; Redressing the Plight of the Elderly: Viewpoints and Suggestions from Interviewees
Themselves.
8.11 ; Dilemma of Widows and Widowers --9.0 ; Introduction --9.1 ; Mutual Societies
and Social Protection --9.2 ; Police Wives Social Group-GMI/G Bamenda --9.3 ; Njangis
and Semi-formal Coverage: Case of Wimbum Women's and Men's Njangi --9.4 ; Semi-Formal
Protection within Professional Corps: Cameroon Teachers Trade Union and Secondary
Education Teachers Socials --9.5 ; Faith-based Organizations and Social Protection:
Case of the Christian Women's Fellowship and Muslim Religion --9.6 ; Village-based
Organizations and Social Protection: Mbororo Social, Cultural, and Development Association
and Wimbum Cultural and Development Association --9.7 ; Conclusion --10.0 ; Introduction
--10.1 ; Conclusion --10.2 ; Social Policy Implications and Recommendations.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-246)
Sujet(s) : Sécurité sociale -- Cameroun
Personnes âgées -- Protection, assistance, etc. -- Cameroun
Personnes âgées -- Conditions sociales -- Cameroun
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0761861254. - ISBN 9780761861256. - ISBN 9780761861263. - ISBN 0761861262
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