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. INDICE: List of Tables, Figures and BoxesList of AbbreviationsForeword David CoxPrefaceI: SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (SCD) PRACTICEA Social Development ApproachLocal-level Community DevelopmentValues and PrinciplesDynamics of Community Development PracticeII: EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL SCDSocial Policy Education for SCD WorkersInternational SCD Curricula for Training Social WorkersIII: DEVELOPING THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION FOR SCD PRACTICEAdapting the Social Work Profession: Some Issues and ProspectsSCD Education through Distance Mode: An Unexplored PotentialSocial Work’s Code of Ethics and Ethics-based SCD PracticeIV: THE FUTURE OF SCDSocial Work and SCD Practice: Reflections and ForeflectionsAcknowledgementsBibliographyIndex
- ISBN: 978-8-1321-1845-9
- Editorial: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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