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

This exhaustive volume is a culmination of the author's lifelong work spanning over five decades, offering extensive coverage of social work methods and fields, and their application across diverse settings like families, schools, communities, and society at large. It explores a broad spectrum of topics, including social casework, group work, community organization, social action, and the application of these methods in various contexts such as family, school, medical, and psychiatric social work, community development, family courts, and counseling agencies. The book also addresses contemporary issues like community development leadership, social action methods, resource mobilization, financing social action, legislation, and Gandhian social work, adding a unique dimension to social work education and practice.