SOCIO - DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACHES IN SOCIAL WORK

Paper Code: 
MSW 223
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

 
 

On completion of this course, the students will be able to;

CO40.Identify various aspects of development and its dynamics

CO41.Summarise the programmes and schemes for achieving development goals.

CO42.Understand the concept of social development, under developmentand sustainable development.

CO43.Evaluate the impact of globalization on developing countries

CO44.Critical analysis of various approaches of development

Interactive Lectures, Power Point Presentations, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Self- learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation,  Giving tasks

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

  

 

12.00
Unit I: 
UNIT-I
  • Social development: Meaning, concept and indicators
  • Under Development and its causes: A historical overview with reference to developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
  • Problems of Social Development in India
  • Social Policy: Concept and Scope
  • Distinction between Social and Economic Policy

 

12.00
Unit II: 
UNIT-II
  • Modernization and development
  • Impact of Globalisation on Developing Countries: Privatisation, Liberalisation and Structural adjustment programmes; role of international financial institutions.
12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT-III

Approaches to development: Capitalist, Socialist and Gandhian approaches

Contemporary perspectives: Participation, Empowerment and Entitlement (Prebisch, Samir Al Amin, Amartya Sen)

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT-IV
  • Sustainable development and Human Development: Concept,Features and Obstacles.
  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • UN declaration, efforts and right to development

 

12.00
Unit V: 
UNIT-V

Development programmes in India (Post Independence): MNREGA, NRHM, AMRUT, Skill India Mission, SHG-Bank Linkage Programme

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Modi, Ishwar.2012. Modernization, Globalization and Social Transformation. Jaipur: Rawat Publications.
  • Kumar Hajira., 2005 , Social work and development issues, Delhi: Aakar books
  • Chandra, Ramesh., 2004. Social Development in India. Vol. 1-8, New Delhi: Isha Books.
  • Midgley, James, (1995) Social Development; the development perspective in social welfare, London: Sage Publications.

 

References: 
  • Desai: M. Monteiro A. and Narayan Lata (ed), 1998, Towards people centered development,  Mumbai: TISS
  • Midgley, J., 1995, Social Development, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
  • John Elster and John WE. Roemer: 1993 – Interpersonal comparisons of well-being, USA, Cambridge University Press
  • Kumar, Hazira., 1997, Social Work, Social Development and Sustainable Development, New Delhi: Regency Publication
  • RadhaKrishna.R. (ed), 2008, India Development Report, Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Human Development Reports, Oxford University Press, New Delhi
  • Dreze Jean and Sen Amartya., 1995, India: Economic development and social opportunity, Delhi, Oxford University Press.
  • Sen, Raj Kumar, 2006, Economic reforms and development, New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications
  • Preston, P.W., 2001, Development theory and introduction, Blackwell Publishers Ltd, Delhi: Rawat Booksellers
  • Yadav N. & Sharma A., 2014, Sustainable Rural Development in India, Jaipur: RBSA.

 

e-RESOURCES:

 

JOURNALS

  • Sociological Bulletin, Sage Publications
  • Journal of Social Work, Sage Publications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Session: 
2023-24
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