Social Work and Social Development: Perspectives from India and the United States - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933478667 ISBN 13: 9781933478661

Publisher: Lyceum Books Inc.,U.S., 2012

Synopsis

Compares social work and social development in the US and India, highlighting the shared cultural pluralism, democratic political structures, and social welfare policy commitments that make a collaborative exchange of knowledge in the field of social development possible. It examines the central policy issues of the two countries with an interdisciplinary framework, looking at applications at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice.

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Review

Social Word and Social Development: Perspectives from India and the United States is a highly informative, stimulating, and useful book for students and scholars of global social work seeking to understand social development in India and the United States." Lisa Aronson, Journal of Teaching and Social Work, 33.3

About the Author

Shweta Singh (MSW, The Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India; PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) is associate professor of social work at Loyola University Chicago and an associate faculty member of the women and gender studies department. Her current research projects focus on issues of migration, work, education, and mental health in developing countries and issues of identity in women and girls. Her international work includes assignments with UNICEF, OXFAM, and CII.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lyceum Books Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933478667
• ISBN 13: 9781933478661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Singh Shweta