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  1. How might a national minimum wage affect the employment of youth in South Africa?

    Article • Development Southern Africa, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leila Patel, Zoheb Khan

  2. Social Protection and Social Development

    Article • November 2016, Nature

    Professor Leila Patel

  3. Social Welfare and Social Development (2ndEdition)

    Article • Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, July 2016, Stellenbosch University

    Professor Leila Patel

  4. A Comparative Case Study of the Voting Behaviour of Poor People in Three Selected South African Communities

    Article • Journal of African Elections, June 2016, Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA)

    Professor Leila Patel

  5. Social grants, food parcels and voting behaviour: a case study of three South African communities

    Article • Transformation Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa, January 2016, Project Muse

    Professor Leila Patel

  6. HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL ILLNESS IN HILLBROW, SOUTH AFRICA: A SITUATION ANALYSIS

    Article • Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, May 2015, Stellenbosch University

    Professor Leila Patel

  7. Child Support Grants in South Africa: A Pathway to Women's Empowerment and Child Well-being?

    Article • Journal of Social Policy, January 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Leila Patel

  8. EARLY MOTHERHOOD IN SOWETO: THE NEXUS BETWEEN THE CHILD SUPPORT GRANT AND DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WORK SERVICES

    Article • Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, November 2014, Stellenbosch University

    Professor Leila Patel

  9. CHILD-ON-CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: RESULTS OF A SURVEY IN JOHANNESBURG

    Article • Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, June 2014, Stellenbosch University

    Professor Leila Patel

  10. The interaction of local and international child welfare agendas: A South African case

    Article • International Social Work, April 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor Leila Patel

  11. Editorial

    Article • Development Southern Africa, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leila Patel

  12. Gender and child sensitive social protection in South Africa

    Article • Development Southern Africa, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leila Patel

  13. Developmental Social Policy, Social Welfare Services and the Non-profit Sector in South Africa

    Article • Social Policy and Administration, December 2012, Wiley

    Professor Leila Patel

  14. Introduction: Social Policy Change in a Transition Society - The Case of South Africa

    Article • Social Policy and Administration, December 2012, Wiley

    Professor Leila Patel

  15. Developmental social work in South Africa: Translating policy into practice

    Article • International Social Work, June 2012, SAGE Publications

    Professor Leila Patel

  16. How broad-based is broad-based black economic empowerment?

    Article • Development Southern Africa, June 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leila Patel

  17. Transforming Social Work Services in South Africa: Perspectives of NPO Managers

    Article • Administration in Social Work, April 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leila Patel

  18. Indigenous Welfare and Community-Based Social Development: Lessons from African Innovations

    Article • Journal of Community Practice, January 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leila Patel

  19. Poverty, Gender and Social Protection: Child Support Grants in Soweto, South Africa

    Article • Journal of Policy Practice, January 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leila Patel

  20. It buys food but does it change gender relations? Child Support Grants in Soweto, South Africa

    Article • Gender & Development, July 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leila Patel

  21. Linking the Circles of Violence: Woman and Child Abuse in the Same Family System in South Africa

    Article • Practice, February 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leila Patel

  22. Getting it Right and Wrong: An Overview of a Decade of Post-Apartheid Social Welfare

    Article • Practice, June 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leila Patel

  23. South Africa: Social Security, Poverty Alleviation and Development

    Article • January 2008, Nature

    Professor Leila Patel

  24. Civic Service in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, December 2004, SAGE Publications

    Professor Leila Patel

  25. South African Women's Struggles in the 1980's

    Article • Agenda, January 1988, JSTOR

    Professor Leila Patel

  26. Towards a critical theory and practice in social work with special reference to South Africa

    Article • International Social Work, July 1987, SAGE Publications

    Professor Leila Patel

  27. Race, Inequality and Social Welfare: South Africa’s Imperial Legacy

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor Leila Patel

  28. Social protection in South Africa: history, goals and strategies

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor Leila Patel

  29. The Child Support Grant in South Africa: gender, care and social investment

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor Leila Patel