Social and Community Development Practice

Social And Community Development Practice Makes A Persuasive Case For Employing A Social Development Approach To Community Development Practice At Local And Village Levels. Towards This End, The Book Offers A Conceptual Clarity Of Social And Community Development (scd) By Adding New Dimensions. It Also Shows The Significance Of Social Policy Education For Social And Community Development Workers And The Need For Expanding Community Development Practice From Local Levels To International Levels. The Author Argues That The Social Work Profession Itself Needs To Quickly Reorganize And Strengthen. It Needs To Consider Alternative Modes Of Preparing Social Workers And Community Organizers Who Can Reach Out At Local Levels. The Profession Also Needs To Develop Indigenous Ethical Standards For Scd Practice. The Author's Deep Reflections Reveal The Dire Need To Refocus On Scd Practice To Address Major Issues Such As Poverty And Inequality Plaguing Vast Populations Around The World. Manohar Pawar. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Contents 8 Foreword 16 Preface 20 Section I: Social and Community Development (SCD) Practice 24 1 - A Social Development Approach 26 2 - Local-level Community Development 57 3 - Values and Principles 87 4 - Dynamics of Community Development Practice 116 Section II: Education for Social Policy and International SCD 150 5 - Social Policy Education for SCD Workers 152 6 - International SCD Curricula for Training Social Workers 177 Section III: Developing the Social Work Profession for SCD Practice 196 7 - Adapting the Social Work Profession: Some Issues and Prospects 198 8 - SCD Education through Distance Mode: An Unexplored Potential 226 9 - Social Work’s Code of Ethics and Ethics-based SCD Practice 246 Section IV : The Future of SCD 266 10 - Social Work and SCD Practice: Reflections and Foreflections 268 Acknowledgements 286 Bibliography 287 Index 309 About the Author 317