Contemporary Ideologies of Social Work & Social Change

Paper Code: 
MSW 221
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To gain information about contemporary ideologies of Social work and Social change.
  • To develop skills in ethical decision-making at macro and micro levels.
  • To explore the ones own assumptions, ideals, values and experiences about people and their problem in order to develop sensitivity to the marginalization of vulnerable groups.
  • To understand the values of social work and consciously apply those in practice.
     
Unit I: 
  • Contemporary Ideologies for Social Change: Introduction, Neo-liberalism & Globalisation, Postmodernism, Feminism, Multiculturalism.
Unit II: 
  • Ideology of Sustainable and People centred development
  • Ideology of action groups & social movements
  • Ideology of non-government organizations.
Unit III: 
  • Contemporary Ideologies for Social Work Profession : Marginalisation of vulnerable groups and limitations of professional social work
  • Personal attributes of a social worker.
Unit IV: 
  • Emerging ideologies of professional social work.
  • Contemporary social work ideologies in different countries
  • Goals, values, functions / roles and processes of social work.
Unit V: 
  • Social work Ethics : Concept and Philosophy of Ethics
  • Ethical Responsibilities in Social Work
  • Ethical Decision Making and Dilemmas in Micro and Macro Social Work Practice.
References: 
  1. Banks, S. 1995, Ethics and Values in Social Work: Practical Social Work Series, London: Macmillan Press Ltd.
  2. Brandon, D. 1976, Zen in the Art of Helping, London, Routledge and Kegan paul.
  3. Congress, E.P. 1998, Social Work Values and Ethics, Chaicago: Nelson-Hall Publishers.
  4. Desai, M. 2000, Curriculum Development on History of Ideologies for Social Change and Social Work, Mumbai: Social Work Education and Practice Cell.
  5. Kothari, S. and Sethi, H. (Eds), Rethinking Human Rights, New Delhi, Lokayan.
  6. Pereira, W. 1997, Inhuman Rights: The Western System and Global Human Rights Abuse, Mapusa, Goa: The Other India Press.
  7. Reamer, F.G. 1995, Social Work Values and Ethics, New York: Columbia University Press.
  8. Tata Institute of Social Sciences social Work Educators Forum (TISSSWEF) 1997, Declaration of Ethics for Professional Social Workers, The Indian Journal of Social Work, 58(2), 335-341.
  9. United Nations 1992, Human Rights: Teaching and Learning About Human rights, UN: New York.
  10. Borgatta, E.F. 1992, Encyclopedia of Sociology, New York: MacMillon.
  11. Encyclopaedia of Social, 1987, Encyclopaedia of social work. Silver Spring, Maryland: National Association of Social Workders.
  12. Encyclopaedia of Social, 1987, Encyclopaedia of Social Work in India, New Delhi: Ministry of Welfare.
     
Academic Session: 
2018-19
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