Indian Social Work

Indian Social Work
Author: Bishnu Mohan Dash
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2020-09-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000179583

This book provides multiple frameworks and paradigms for social work education which integrates indigenous theories and cultural practices. It focuses on the need to diversify and reorient social work curriculum to include indigenous traditions of service, charity and volunteerism to help social work evolve as a profession in India. The volume analyzes the history of social work education in India and how the discipline has adapted and changed in the last 80 years. It emphasizes the need for the Indianization of social work curriculum so that it can be applied to the socio-cultural contours of a diverse Indian society. The book delineates strategies and methods derived from meditation, yoga, bhakti and ancient Buddhist and Hindu philosophy to prepare social work practitioners with the knowledge, and skills, that will support and enhance their ability to work in partnership with diverse communities and indigenous people. This book is essential reading for teachers, educators, field practitioners and students of social work, sociology, religious studies, ancient philosophy, law and social entrepreneurship. It will also interest policy makers and those associated with civil society organizations.

Field Instruction in Social Work Education

Field Instruction in Social Work Education
Author: Roshni Nair
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2019-10-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000721841

A comprehensive guide to social work praxis, this book provides a clear conceptual understanding of fieldwork supervision in India. It elaborates on the dynamic components of fieldwork instruction – the methodologies and effective strategies, the supervisor–student–agency triad, challenges and the future. The volume underlines the importance of student mentoring and the imperative need to develop creative and competent strategies to make fieldwork education more responsive and effective. It also emphasises the need for the inclusion of social justice-oriented perspectives and approaches in fieldwork training in India. Instructive and anecdotal, the chapters in this volume reflect on the challenges which students and supervisors face on a regular basis in different environments while dealing with critical circumstances. The focus of the book is to delineate strategies and approaches which promote skill building and the ability in students to understand sociocultural contexts of the field and engage with them effectively. This volume will be an essential resource for social work educators, field practitioners and students of social work, law, public policy, sociology and social entrepreneurship.

Social Work Profession in India: An Uncertain Future

Social Work Profession in India: An Uncertain Future
Author: T.K. Nair
Publisher: Niruta Publications
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2014-06-10
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9384262013

"Social Work Education and Social Work Practice in India", edited by Professor T. K. Nair and published by the Association of Schools of Social Work in India (ASSWI) more than three decades ago, was a landmark publication. That is the only book based on a serious review of the first four decades of social work education and practice in the country. The present book "Social Work Profession in India : An Uncertain Future", edited by Prof. Nair, is definite to be a watershed contribution for the reorientation of social work education in the country in the coming decades. Scholars and practitioners have written on different issues needing urgent consideration and intervention. The eighth decade of social work education is only months away and this book is most welcome at this time.

Social Policy, Social Welfare and Social Development

Social Policy, Social Welfare and Social Development
Author: Shankar Pathak
Publisher: Niruta Publications
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2013-02-19
Genre: Art
ISBN: 8192342476

The book contains conceptual-analytical essays on social development, development, and social policy. Also, there are essays which deal with the empirical aspects of social welfare manpower, and poverty in India along with various theoretical approaches in critical perspective. The last essay is a comprehensive holistic overview of India’s developmental planning and provides an empirical check on the definitions of development and social development discussed earlier.

Issues in International Sociology and Social Work Research and Application: 2011 Edition

Issues in International Sociology and Social Work Research and Application: 2011 Edition
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Publisher: ScholarlyEditions
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2012-01-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1464968373

Issues in International Sociology and Social Work Research and Application: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyBrief™ that delivers timely, authoritative, comprehensive, and specialized information about International Sociology and Social Work Research and Application in a concise format. The editors have built Issues in International Sociology and Social Work Research and Application: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about International Sociology and Social Work Research and Application in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in International Sociology and Social Work Research and Application: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Sociology and Social Anthropology in India

Sociology and Social Anthropology in India
Author: Yogesh Atal
Publisher: Pearson Education India
Total Pages: 622
Release: 2009
Genre: Ethnology
ISBN: 9788131720349

The Indian Council of Social Science Research, the premier organization for social science research in India, conducts periodic surveys in the major disciplines of the social sciences to assess disciplinary developments as well as to identify gaps in research in these disciplines.

Journals of the Century

Journals of the Century
Author: Tony Stankus
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2019-12-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1000757927

This book, first published in 2002, gathers some of America's top subject expert librarians to determine the most influential journals in their respective fields. 32 contributing authors reviewed journals from over twenty countries that have successfully shaped the evolution of their individual specialties worldwide. Their choices reflect the history of each discipline or profession, taking into account rivalries between universities, professional societies, for-profit and not-for-profit publishers, and even nation-states and international ideologies, in each journal's quest for reputational dominance. Each journal was judged using criteria such as longevity of publication, foresight in carving out its niche, ability to attract & sustain professional or academic affiliations, opinion leadership or agenda-setting power, and ongoing criticality to the study or practice of their field. The book presents wholly independent reviewers; none are in the employ of any publisher, but each is fully credentialed and well published, and many are award-winners. The authors guide college and professional school librarians on limited budgets via an exposition of their analytical and critical winnowing process in determining the classic resources for their faculty, students, and working professional clientele.

The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Field Education in the Global South

The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Field Education in the Global South
Author: Rajendra Baikady
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2022-07-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000598489

This handbook provides an authoritative account of social work field education in the global south. It presents an overview of various aspects of theory and practice modules in the social work curriculum and advances in research in social work field education in the developing world through in-depth analyses and global case studies. Key features: • Discusses critical issues and new directions in the theory and practice of social work field education, challenges in field work education, decolonising field work training, developing competent social work graduates, aligning fieldwork with cultural practices in indigenous communities, the idea of clinical social work, and a comparative analysis of social work field supervision. • Integrates theory and practice of social work field education for students and teachers from diverse geographical and cultural contexts across the global south, including countries from South Asia and Asia, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean, covering India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Georgia, Philippine, Turkey, Papua New Guinea, Eswatini, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Botswana, Chile, and Barbados. • Brings together international comparative perspectives on field work education in social work from leading experts, social work educators, and social work professionals. This handbook will be an essential resource for scholars and researchers of social work, development studies, social anthropology, sociology, education, South Asian studies, and Global South studies. It will also be useful to educators and practitioners of social work in global institutions of higher studies as well as civil society organisations.