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Community Organization and Social Action
This course will enable the studentsto gain knowledge, skills, and values necessary to effectively engage in community organization and social action efforts aimed at promoting social justice, empowerment, and positive social change within communities.
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Community Organization and Social Action (Theory) |
CO67: Examine the concepts of community organization and community development CO68: Analyze the models of community organization CO69: Critically analyse the indigenous approaches of community CO70 : Analyze the concept of social action,social movement and social change CO71: Examine the role of pressure groups in social action CO72: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Power Point Presentations, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments
Learning activities for the students: Self- learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks
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Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation,Individual and group projects |
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- Basic concepts : Community, rural and urban communities, community development, community work.
- Community organization : Concept, Principles, Process
- Models of Community organization : Locality Development, Social Planning, neighbourhood development; Community Development Programmes
- Indigenous approaches to community organization : Gandhian or Sarvodaya, Bhoodaan and Gramdan.
- Application of Community organization to social issues and problems; scope of community organization
- Social Movements and Social Change :Concept and Types
- Social action : Concept, history, principles and strategies.
- Models of Social Action : Legislative Action; Sanction, Direct Physical and Conscientisation Models.
- Role of Pressure Groups: Voluntary Organisations, Non-party formations and their initiatives, social advocacy.
- Use of social action in social work practice
- Rawar M., 2014, Social and Community Development Practice, 2, New Delhi: Sage Publication.
- Kramer, R.M. and Specht, H., 1983, SUGGESTED READINGS: in Community Organization Practice (3rded.) Prentice Hall Inc. Englewood Cliffs.
- Siddiqui, H.Y, 1997, Community Organization in India, New Delhi: Harnam
- Goyal S.L. and Rajnish S., 2003, Panchayati raj in India: Theories and practice, New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications
- Siddiqui, H.Y. , 1984, (ed.) Social work and Social Action, New Delhi: Harnam,
- Twelvetrees, 1982, A Community Work, London: Macmillan
- Singh, K., 1986, Rural Development: Principles, Policies and Management, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
- Mukherjee N., 1993, Participatory Rural Appraisal, Delhi: Concept Publication.
- Geetanjali, 2011, Social Change in Modern Society, New Delhi: Centrum Press
- Tripathy N.S., 2007, Dynamics of Rural Development, New Delhi: Discovery publishing house.
- Gandhi P.K., 1985, (Ed.) Social Action through Law: Partnership through Law, New Delhi: Concept Publications.
- Ahuja, Sangeeta, 1997, People, Law and Justice: Case book of Public Interest Litigation, (Vol. I and II), New Delhi: Orient Longman.
- Diwan, Paras, 1997, Law Relating to Dowry, Dowry Deaths, Bride Burning, Rape and related Offences, Delhi Universal.
- TripathyN.S., 2007, Dynamics of Rural Development, New Delhi: Discovery publishing house
E-resources:
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14767333.2020.1712833
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10705422.2016.1166415
Journals:
- Social Work, NASW Press
- Journal of Social Work, Sage Publications
