Full Description
This textbook offers a lucid and comprehensive understanding of social work.
Providing a broad overview of the field and profession of social work, the book stresses the link between professional education and practice. It presents both a historical perspective on the development of social work as well as the current social work practice paradigms, with special consideration of contemporary social issues. The book discusses the values, ethics, principles, scope and various approaches to social work which are essential to understand the profession.
Closely aligned with the UGC curriculum, the text goes beyond general coverage to explore the themes of social reform, social justice, social security, social development, social legislations and social welfare. This textbook will serve as a valuable companion for undergraduate and postgraduate students of social work, and UGC NET and civil services aspirants.
Key Features:-
• Critically explores the key concepts of social work in the Indian context
• Chapters contributed by experienced academicians teaching the subject in the classroom
• Includes important key terms, information boxes and critical thinking questions to help students apply concepts to practice
Contents
Preface
About the Book
SECTION A Social Work - Meaning and Basic Concepts
Social Work - Meaning and Concept, Objectives and Functions - Shahin Sultana
History of Social Work in USA, UK and India - Indrajit Goswami
Social Reform Movements in India - Akileswari S.
Great Depression and the Growth of Social Work Education - Supriya Rani
Social Welfare - Archana Kaushik
Social Service - Manisha Pal
Social Reform - Laksmama G. V.
Social Justice - Avtar Singh
Social Legislations - Eshita Sharma
Social Development - Kislay Kumar Singh
Social Security - Sunil Prasad and Arul Actovin C
SECTION BSocial Work as a Profession: Principles and Methods, Scope, Theories, Models and Professional Status
Professional Status of Social Work Profession in India - Bishnu Mohan Dash, Rajan Prakash and Seeba Joseph
Professional Social Work Associations in India - Ram Babu Botcha
Scope and Fields of Social Work and Emerging Areas - Shashi Rani
Principles and Methods of Social Work - Nita Kumari
Models of Social Work - Sayantani Guin
Theories in Social Work - Sonam Rohta
Skills in Social Work - Rutwik Gande
SECTION C Philosophy, Values and Ethics of Social Work
Philosophy of Social Work - Nagalingam
Social Work Values: Traditional and Emancipatory - Poonam Gulalia
Social Work Ethics - Dr K. Rajeshari and Dr Vijay Kumar Sharma
SECTION- D Approaches to Social Work
Ideologies Background of Social Work - Dr Saumya and Tushar Singh
Modern Indian Thinkers and its relevance in Social Work - Chittaranjan Subudhi and J. Raja Meenakshi
Radical Social Work - Binod Kumar
Gandhian Social Work - Mithlesh Kumar and Rajan Prakash
African Social Work - Safia Winifred Ahmadu
Index
