Social work and social development in India
2005
This chapter attempts to articulate social work in India as an integral part of the
post-World War II development discourse that emerged with respect to Third
World countries in the context of modernisation. As social workers in the
‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries converge on ‘social development’ as the
common banner under which to join hands, the problematic biography of
‘development’ as a practised concept and the modernist background of social
work are apparently out of the discussion. A global interactive discourse on the
practical and realistic function of social work in the world today is necessary but
this needs to be achieved by acknowledging the realities of people’s experiences
in the context of post-colonialism, development, industrialisation and
globalisation. Social workers are in direct interaction with people’s lives, and are
able to situate individuals and groups within the larger context of global systems.
This opens up avenues for critical reflection on the current state of affairs so that
social workers may articulate today’s problems to make efforts towards global
social justice effective.
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