Predicting the social consequences of orphanhood in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorBray, Rachel
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-25T07:23:14Z
dc.date.available2016-04-25T07:23:14Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.updated2016-04-25T07:21:26Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines and questions the predictions found in the academic and policy literature of social breakdown in Southern Africa in the wake of anticipated high rates of orphanhood caused by the AIDS epidemic. Analysis of the logic underlying these predictions reveals four causal relationships necessary to fulfil such dramatic and apocalyptic predictions: 1. High AIDS mortality rates will produce high numbers of orphans. 2. These orphans will become children who do not live in appropriate social environments to equip them for adult citizenship. 3. Poor socialization will mean that children orphaned by AIDS will not live within society's moral codes (becoming, for example, street children or juvenile delinquents). 4. Large numbers of such 'asocial' children will precipitate a breakdown in the social fabric.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBray, R. (2003). <i>Predicting the social consequences of orphanhood in South Africa</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19161en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBray, Rachel <i>Predicting the social consequences of orphanhood in South Africa.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19161en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBray, R. (2003). Predicting the social consequences of orphanhood in South Africa. Centre for Social Science Research: University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper AU - Bray, Rachel AB - This paper examines and questions the predictions found in the academic and policy literature of social breakdown in Southern Africa in the wake of anticipated high rates of orphanhood caused by the AIDS epidemic. Analysis of the logic underlying these predictions reveals four causal relationships necessary to fulfil such dramatic and apocalyptic predictions: 1. High AIDS mortality rates will produce high numbers of orphans. 2. These orphans will become children who do not live in appropriate social environments to equip them for adult citizenship. 3. Poor socialization will mean that children orphaned by AIDS will not live within society's moral codes (becoming, for example, street children or juvenile delinquents). 4. Large numbers of such 'asocial' children will precipitate a breakdown in the social fabric. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - Predicting the social consequences of orphanhood in South Africa TI - Predicting the social consequences of orphanhood in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19161 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19161
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBray R. Predicting the social consequences of orphanhood in South Africa. 2003 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19161en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
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