Research Catalog

Title

Growing old in Cameroon : gender, vulnerability, and social capital / Charles Che Fonchingong.

Author

Fonchingong, Charles Che

Publication

• Lanham : University Press of America, [2013].
• ©2013.

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Description

ix, 247 pages : maps; 23 cm

Subject

• Older people > Cameroon
• Older people / Cameroon
• Society / ukslc
• Alter
• Soziale Sicherheit
• Soziale Situation
• Kamerun

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

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• committed to retain

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: 1.0. 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.

ISBN

• 0761861254
• 9780761861256
• 9780761861263
• 0761861262

LCCN

^^2013935362

OCLC

• 833300815
• SCSB-10666031

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library