READINGS IN SOCIAL WORK: Changing Perspectives and Practices of a Profession

This comprehensive volume is an outcome of the quintessence of the lifetime work of the author during his long career of over five decades, having a wide coverage of the discipline of social work, dealing with methods and fields of social work, application of the methods in various settings, such as families, schools, communities and the larger society. The book covers a wide range of topics like social casework, social group work, community organization, social action, application of the methods of social work in various settings, i.e. family social work, school social work, medical and psychiatric social work, community development, family courts, family counselling agencies, etc. The book also covers various issues of contemporary relevance like leadership in community development, social action as a method, forms, principles and strategies, mobilization of resources, sources and methods of financing social action, legislation, drafting a bill and allied topics. The author has further added a new dimension to social work education and practice by including a section on Gandhian Social Work. The highlight of this book is its comprehensive scope, simple, lucid and logical presentation. It has dealt with all the aspects of the subject with latest developments in social work education and practice. The issues presented in this book are thought-provoking for the academics, researchers, community workers, NGOs, social service agencies, voluntary organizations, professional social workers, social activists, and all those working in rural, urban and tribal communities.