Promoting Healthy Human Relationships in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Social Work and Social Development Perspectives (Hardcover, 2021)

Section One ? Conceptual Underpinnings

This section serves as a basis for the conceptual foundation of the book. The conceptual and theoretical moorings of the book are advanced in this section to, among other issues, guide the discussions of the book. They also serve as anchors of the book’s points of departure. 

Chapter One ?

• Introduction and overview
• Conceptual and theoretical premises of the book

Section Two ? Interpersonal Relationships

This section highlights the people-to-people interactions from different race, cultural, class, and other backgrounds that continue to shape and mold the standing of the society’s overall human relationships. It seeks to show how the breakdown or erosion of healthy human relationships between the different cited persons or groups has resulted in social ills. The section also seeks to bring forth solutions to the former. 

Chapter Two - Race and promotion of healthy human relationships

Chapter Three - Gender and promotion of healthy human relationships

Chapter Four - Promoting healthy human relationships with sub-Saharan African immigrants

Chapter Five - Refugees and asylum seekers from sub-Saharan African countries and the promotion of healthy human relationships 

Section Three ? Culture and Ethnic Background

This section closely examines the manner in which culture and ethnic background shape and contribute to the promotion or corrosion of healthy human relationships in contemporary South Africa. It also brings to the forefront solutions to deal with deficits in this area. The next four sections are also apply a similar manner of examination.

Chapter Six - Ethnic background

Chapter Seven - Values, mores, and traditions

Chapter Eight - Customs, attitudes, and patterns of socialisation

Section Four ? Individuals, Families, Groups, and Communities

Chapter Nine - Children, youth, and older persons

Chapter Ten - People with disabilities

Chapter Eleven - Families and human relationships

Chapter Twelve - Fostering healthy human relationships at the community level

Section Five ? Practice and Training of Social Service Professionals

Chapter Thirteen - Social work education and promoting healthy human relationships

Section Six ? Policy and Legislation

Chapter Fifteen - The Constitution and healthy human relationships

Chapter Sixteen - Legislation and healthy human relationships

Chapter Seventeen - Public policy and healthy human relationships

Chapter Eighteen - Social policy, social protection, and healthy human relationships

Section Seven - Conclusion

Chapter Nineteen - Concluding chapter