SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES 
Social Development Issues is an international refereed journal that 
serves as a forum for achieving linkages between multiple disciplines, 
nations, and cultures. Our purpose is to promote the consideration 
of issues of individuals and their communities. SDI is committed 
to the advancement of social, cultural, political, and economic 
theory, policy and practice (and their inter-relationship) within 
a global context. Domestic social issues are appropriate provided 
they encompass such a perspective. 
Manuscripts addressing developmental perspectives and research on 
international social justice are welcome, including lifespan, gender 
and racial issues, the impact of policies, practices, comparative 
health/mental heath, poverty, income maintenance, and movements such 
as global faminism, human rights, and peace. 
Manuscripts Guidelines 
1. Scholarly articles should be 12-15 pages in length. 
2. All pages must be typewritten, double spaced including references. 
3. An abstract of 60 words or less must accompany all submissions 
except book reviews. 
4. SDI follows the use of nonsexist language. Any materials 
deviating significantly will be returned to the author for 
revision. 
5. Four copies must be submitted. 
6. Use APA (1983) guidelines available from: Order Department, 
American Psychological Association, 1200 Seventeenth Street, 
NW, Washington DC 20036. 
7. The author's name, address, and telephone number must appear 
on a separate removable cover page. This is to ensure anonymity 
by review of the editorial board. 
8. Send manuscripts and correspondence toi Managing Editor, Social 
Development Issues, The University of Iowa, School of Social 
Work, Iowa City, Iowa 52242. 
Overseas subscription rates arei Individuals ($18), Institutions 
($25), Students ($15), Single issues ($8), Write toi Social 
Development Issues, The University of Iowa Publication Services, 
Graphic Services Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242. 
SDI is abstracted in: Social Welfare, Social planning and Social 
Developments Social Work Research and Abstractsj and Sociological 
Abstracts, Inc.
Notes for Contributors 
All correspondence should be addressed to the Editor, Journal of Social 
Development in Africa, School of Social Work, P/Bag 66022, Kopje, Harare, 
Zimbabwe. 
Manuscripts 
Contributions that further the aims of the journal are welcomed and will be 
refered. Manuscripts should be typed on single-sided A4 paper, doublespaced, 
with large margins all round. Two copies of the article should be 
submitted and the author's name, affiliation and address should be attached to 
the cover, to facilitate anonymity in the refereeing of the article. The article 
should begin with a summary of less than 100 words of the contents and 
conclusion of the article. In general the use of footnotes is discouraged. 
Essential footnotes should be kept to a minimum and typed consecutively at 
the end of the article. Within the body of the text references to authors is made 
by author, date and page number in the following way: 
We find that Makola (1982a:67) argues the view taken by Nkosana (1981)- 
Another study (Makola, 1982b), however. . . 
Bibliographical references follow the body of the text and should be double 
spaced, listed alphabetically and chronologically by author and date: in the 
case of books, by title, publisher and place of publication; in the case of articles 
by full journal name, volume, and first plus last page numbers; in the case of 
chapters, by title, collection title, editor, publisher and place of publication. 
Examples follow: 
References 
Makola A (1982a) Social Development, Prentice Hall, New York. 
Makola A (1982b) "The Relevance of Social Work", in Journal of 
Zimbabwe Social Work, II, 2, 10—12. 
Nkosana Z (1981) "The Meaning of Social Development" in Training f°r 
Social Work, ed by A Makola, Mambo Press, Gweru. 
Authors receive ten free off-prints. 
Submission of an article implies that it has not been published already nor Is 
it being considered for publication elsewhere. Copyright of all the contents cw 
the journal is assigned to the School of Social Work, Harare. Permission ic 
reprint original articles should be sought from the Editor of the journal at th« 
above address. 
This Journal is being assisted financially by the Konrad Adenaucl 
Foundation, West Germany.