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The Routledge Handbook of Field Work Education in Social Work

The Routledge Handbook of Field Work Education in Social Work

This Handbook provides an authoritative account of international fieldwork education in social work. It presents an overview of advances in research in social work field education through in-depth analyses and global case studies. Key features: * Discusses critical issues in teaching social work and curriculum development; health care social work; stimulated learning; field education policies; needs challenges and solutions in fieldwork education; reflexivity training; creativity and partnership; resilience enhancement; integrated and holistic education for social workers; student experience; practice education; and ethical responsibility of social work field instructors. * Covers social work field education across geographical regions (Asia and the Pacific; North and South America; Australia and Oceania; Europe) and major themes and trends from several countries (U. S. A. ; Canada; Australia; China; Hong Kong; Sweden; Aotearoa New Zealand; England; Ukraine; Spain; Estonia; Italy; Ireland; Slovenia; Poland; Romania; Greece; Norway; Turkey; and the Czech Republic). * Brings together international comparative perspectives on fieldwork education in social work from leading experts and social work educators. This Handbook will be an essential resource for scholars and researchers of social work development studies social anthropology sociology and education. It will also be useful to educators and practitioners of social work in global institutions of higher studies as well as civil society organisations. | The Routledge Handbook of Field Work Education in Social Work

GBP 205.00
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Decent Work-Life in Business Essential Tool for Sustainable Development

Decent Work-Life in Business Essential Tool for Sustainable Development

Decent Work-Life in Business: Essential Tool for Sustainable Development presents a detailed discussion of the concept of decent work-life and its application in business for sustainable development. It discusses decent work-life culture in a business environment. The book makes a strong case for decent work which not only provides work opportunities but also delivers a fair income fair treatment security at the workplace and social protection for families. With the help of empirical data and statistical indicators it explores themes such as: ILO and decent work agenda opportunities for work and dignity at work social dimensions of globalization and sustainable development poverty reduction through decent work work-life balance and social protection unacceptable work and social dialogue economic and social context of decent work This book will be an indispensable resource for the students scholars and teachers of business management and especially those pursuing a career in human resource management. It will also interest scholars of political economy sociology of work business management human resource management labour studies public policy and social anthropology alongside industry experts. | Decent Work-Life in Business Essential Tool for Sustainable Development

GBP 130.00
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Field Instruction in Social Work Education The Indian Experience

Field Instruction in Social Work Education The Indian Experience

A comprehensive guide to social work praxis this book provides a clear conceptual understanding of fieldwork supervision in India. It elaborates on the dynamic components of fieldwork instruction – the methodologies and effective strategies the supervisor–student–agency triad challenges and the future. The volume underlines the importance of student mentoring and the imperative need to develop creative and competent strategies to make fieldwork education more responsive and effective. It also emphasises the need for the inclusion of social justice-oriented perspectives and approaches in fieldwork training in India. Instructive and anecdotal the chapters in this volume reflect on the challenges which students and supervisors face on a regular basis in different environments while dealing with critical circumstances. The focus of the book is to delineate strategies and approaches which promote skill building and the ability in students to understand sociocultural contexts of the field and engage with them effectively. This volume will be an essential resource for social work educators field practitioners and students of social work law public policy sociology and social entrepreneurship. | Field Instruction in Social Work Education The Indian Experience

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In an Outpost of the Global Economy Work and Workers in India's Information Technology Industry

In an Outpost of the Global Economy Work and Workers in India's Information Technology Industry

While much has been written on the growth of information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services in India little is known about the people who work in these industries about the nature of the work itself and about its wider social and cultural ramifications. The papers in this collection combine empirical research with theoretical insight to fil | In an Outpost of the Global Economy Work and Workers in India's Information Technology Industry

GBP 39.99
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Sex Work in Nepal The Making and Unmaking of a Category

Sex Work in Nepal The Making and Unmaking of a Category

This book explores ‘sex work’ in Nepal as a social and analytical category. Narrating stories of those subsumed under such definition it examines changes as well as continuities characterising socio-cultural norms and perceptions through an analysis of sexual consumption. It also highlights the ways in which the development sector media and local community discourses frame ‘sex work’ as a distinct category. How does the work of development aid projects affect the understanding of the sex worker category? How are visual and media images employed to mark spaces of perdition in the Nepalese urban setting and what forms of imagination do they trigger? How are intimate practices and relations transformed by imported notions of love and how do standards of propriety related to such interactions shift? This book attempts to answer some of these questions. An in-depth and intimate ethnography the book deconstructs the sex worker category against the backdrop of global influences within local urban surroundings and points to the contradictions therein. Furthermore through thorough descriptions of the experiences agency decision-making processes and lives of those labelled as sex workers the book challenges concepts such as deviance and victimhood. It proposes a counternarrative by rethinking ideas of gender objectification marginality symbolic violence and discrimination. This book will greatly interest researchers and scholars in women and gender studies sociology and social anthropology South Asian studies and social sciences as well as NGOs and those involved in the development sector. | Sex Work in Nepal The Making and Unmaking of a Category

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The Buddha in Sri Lanka Histories and Stories

The Buddha in Sri Lanka Histories and Stories

This book examines culture religion and polity in the context of Buddhism. Gananath Obeyesekere one of the foremost analytical voices from South Asia develops Freud’s notion of ‘dream work’ the ‘work of culture’ and ideas of no-self (anatta) to understand Buddhism in contemporary Sri Lanka. This work offers a restorative interpretation of Buddhist myths in contrast to the perspective involving deconstruction. The book deals with a range of themes connected with Buddhism including oral traditions and stories the religious pantheon philosophy emotions reform movements questions of identity and culture and issues of modernity. This fascinating volume will greatly interest students teachers and researchers of religion and philosophy especially Buddhism ethics cultural studies social and cultural anthropology Sri Lanka and modern South Asian history. | The Buddha in Sri Lanka Histories and Stories

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The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South

The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South

This handbook initiates fresh debates on poverty and its impact in a constantly changing Global South society. It studies the concept theories and causes of poverty as well as the design and delivery of social welfare policies related to specific groups such as women children and the elderly. The chapters are theoretical evidence-based and empirical in nature and bring together a holistic understanding of social problems and issues in developing countries. The volume brings together researchers educators and practitioners from across the globe to develop a hands-on reference work that will be requisite for several social science disciplines concerned with poverty and the welfare of poor people. The first of its kind the handbook will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of development studies economics social work political studies poverty studies population and demographic studies sociology social anthropology public policy and political economy especially those concerned with the Global South. | The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South

GBP 205.00
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Higher Education and Professional Ethics Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers

Higher Education and Professional Ethics Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers

This book discusses the significance relevance and usefulness of professional ethics in the context of higher education. It highlights the pivotal role of professional ethics in offering teachers a better understanding of their responsibilities duties rights and institutional obligations as they work to provide quality education. The volume investigates the connection between the adoption of professional ethics by individual faculty members in higher education and the development of work cultures in higher educational institutions. It explores the requisite modifications of the Teachers’ Code of Ethics in relation to the usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in teaching–learning platforms. While examining the validity reliability and application of professional ethics in the higher education sector the book also illustrates the application of codes of ethics to resolve conflicting interests and commitments. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers in higher education the philosophy of education applied ethics public policy and the social sciences. | Higher Education and Professional Ethics Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers

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Child Health and Well-being in India Equity vs Efficiency

Child Health and Well-being in India Equity vs Efficiency

This book examines the state of child health and well-being in India. It traces the roots of child health inequalities in India; draws on the latest NFHS-V 2019–21 data; and analyses various child health and nutrition indicators from the perspective of equity and efficiency. This volume addresses various contexts and methodologies available to measure health inequalities among Indian children. It also assesses the child’s well-being in terms of “Multidimensional Child Poverty”. As a policy document this work examines and quantifies the equity and efficiency dimensions of various child health indicators among Indian states. Assessment of between- and within-group inequalities by various socio-economic groups provides new insights into addressing the issue of health inequalities among Indian children. An in-depth work on child health and development this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of health and public policy development studies health economics and South Asian studies. It will also be of use to NGOs policymakers and think-tanks in the field. | Child Health and Well-being in India Equity vs Efficiency

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Family School and Nation The Child and Literary Constructions in 20th-Century Bengal

Family School and Nation The Child and Literary Constructions in 20th-Century Bengal

This seminal work examines the concurrence of childhood rebellion and conformity in Bengali literary texts (including adult texts) a pertinent yet unexplored area making it a first of its kind. It is a study of the voice of child protagonists across children’s and adult literature in Bengali vis-à-vis the institutions of family the education system and the nationalist movement in the ninenteenth and twentieth centuries. | Family School and Nation The Child and Literary Constructions in 20th-Century Bengal

GBP 46.99
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Education of Socio-Economic Disadvantaged Groups From Marginalisation to Inclusion

Education of Socio-Economic Disadvantaged Groups From Marginalisation to Inclusion

This book explores policy measures and social programmes designed to make quality education accessible to socio-economic disadvantaged groups (SEDGs) in India. It discusses the status of education of disadvantaged or marginalized groups the discourse around education and equity in India and innovative practices undertaken by both government and non-government institutions to increase accessibility to education. The book highlights the disparity in the quality of education available to disadvantaged groups including religious ethnic and caste minorities women and girls transgender people people with disabilities and migrant or displaced children. It examines the effectiveness of initiatives and policies which have been implemented to bring quality education to the SEDG in India. It also offers suggestions and policy recommendations to bridge the disparity in education which will consequently lead to greater economic and social mobility inclusion and socio-economic development. The book will be of interest to teachers students and researchers of education sociology development studies social work and disability studies. It will also be useful for policymakers academicians and professionals working in the fields of education social work and rehabilitation. | Education of Socio-Economic Disadvantaged Groups From Marginalisation to Inclusion

GBP 120.00
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Mahasweta Devi Writer Activist Visionary

Mahasweta Devi Writer Activist Visionary

Mahasweta Devi occupies a singular position in the history of modern Indian literature and world literature. This book engages with Devi’s works as a writer-activist who critically explored subaltern subjectivities the limits of history and the harsh social realities of post-independence India. The volume showcases Devi’s oeuvre and versatility through samples of her writing – in translation from the original Bengali—including Jhansir Rani Hajar Churashir Ma and Bayen among others. It also looks at the use of language symbolism mythic elements and heteroglossia in Devi’s exploration of heterogeneous themes such as exploitation violence women’s subjectivities depredation of the environment and failures of the nation state. The book analyses translations and adaptations of her work debates surrounding her activism and politics and critical reception to give readers an overview of the writer’s life influences achievements and legacy. It highlights the multiple concerns in her writings and argues that the aesthetic aspects of Mahasweta Devi’s work form an essential part of her politics. Part of the ‘Writer in Context’ series this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of Indian literature Bengali literature English literature postcolonial studies cultural studies global south studies and translation studies. | Mahasweta Devi Writer Activist Visionary

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Shyamji Krishnavarma Sanskrit Sociology and Anti-Imperialism

Shyamji Krishnavarma Sanskrit Sociology and Anti-Imperialism

This book is the first critical biography on Shyamji Krishnavarma � scholar journalist and national revolutionary who lived in exile outside India from 1897 to 1930. His ideas were crucial in the creation of an extremist wing of anti-imperial nationalism. The work delves into a fascinating range of issues such as colonialism and knowledge political violence cosmopolitanism and diaspora. Lucidly written and with an insightful analysis of Krishnavarma�s life and times this will greatly interest scholars and researchers of modern Indian history politics the nationalist movement as well as the informed lay reader. | Shyamji Krishnavarma Sanskrit Sociology and Anti-Imperialism

GBP 175.00
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The Social Context of Technological Experiences Three Studies from India

The Social Context of Technological Experiences Three Studies from India

This book demonstrates how technology and society shape one another and that there are intrinsic connections between technological experiences and social relationships. It employs an array of theoretical concepts and methodological tools to examine the technology–society nexus among three urban groups in India (traditional caste-based handloom weavers subaltern Dalit communities and informal female labour). It provides evidence of how innovations such as industrial technologies communication technologies and workplace technologies are not only about strides in science and engineering but also about politics and sociology on the ground. The book contributes to the growing research in innovation studies and technology policy that establishes how technological processes and outcomes are contingent on complex sociological variables and contexts. The author offers an inclusive holistic and interdisciplinary approach to understanding the field of innovation and technological change and development by involving various methodologies (network analysis archival work oral histories focus group discussions interviews). The book will serve as reference for researchers and scholars in social sciences especially those interested in development studies science and technology policy and innovation studies information and communication technology (ICT) policy public policy management social work and research methods economics sociology social exclusion and subaltern studies women’s studies and South Asian studies. It will also be useful to nongovernmental organisations activists and policymakers. | The Social Context of Technological Experiences Three Studies from India

GBP 38.99
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Mumbai / Bombay Majoritarian Neoliberalism Informality Resistance and Wellbeing

Mumbai / Bombay Majoritarian Neoliberalism Informality Resistance and Wellbeing

Mumbai / Bombay is a quintessential urban expression which represents the questions and puzzles related to Indian urbanity. This book traces the various ways through which majoritarianism and neoliberal capitalist accumulation has reorganised Bombay or Mumbai in India. The book assesses Mumbai’s present trajectories and processes as being embedded in its recent past. It looks at these changes by exploring work and labour; health and education; spatial planning and infrastructural development; politics and identity; and shows how financialisation land speculation deregulation and informality have impacted the city’s culture and everyday living. The contributors to this volume analyse the consequences of these changes for women and men across ages as they live their material and cultural lives; evaluate the role of the changing nature of work urban infrastructure and planning; determine its outcome for public health and education; and take a measure of its manifestation in the field of arts and culture. The volume explores the processes that reorient these changes the socio-spatial and political implications of these on the inhabitants of the city and the resistance and response to marginalisation. This interdisciplinary volume will interest students and researchers of economics sociology anthropology political science public policy development studies and urban studies. It will also be useful to urban practitioners planners bureaucrats activists and general readers. | Mumbai / Bombay Majoritarian Neoliberalism Informality Resistance and Wellbeing

GBP 35.99
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Gender Citizenship and Identity in the Indian Blogosphere Writing the Everyday

Gender Citizenship and Identity in the Indian Blogosphere Writing the Everyday

This book examines the role of women bloggers in the Indian Blogosphere. It explores how women use new media technologies to create online spaces that share knowledge raise awareness and build communities. A unique work at the intersection of digital culture feminist theory and diaspora/transnationalism studies this book brings to light layered and complex issues such as identity gender performativity presentation of self migration and citizenship. This volume will be useful for scholars and researchers of cultural studies political studies gender studies women’s studies sociology diaspora studies feminist theory media and communication studies. | Gender Citizenship and Identity in the Indian Blogosphere Writing the Everyday

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Decentralised Democracy in India Gandhi's Vision and Reality

Decentralised Democracy in India Gandhi's Vision and Reality

This book provides a vantage point of comparison of the actual reality of decentralisation in India with Gandhi’s vision of decentralised democracy or what he referred to as Gram Swaraj. It looks at the historical evolution of panchayats from ancient times to India’s independence and critically discusses the developments after. It examines the functioning of the present Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and the performances of urban local bodies. The basic thrust of this work is the need for constitutional reforms meant to strengthen and deepen democracy. The book will be useful to those in political studies policy studies public administration and development studies. | Decentralised Democracy in India Gandhi's Vision and Reality

GBP 42.99
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Environmental Humanities in Folktales Theory and Practice

Environmental Humanities in Folktales Theory and Practice

This work throws light on the areas of space and time nature and culture spirit and matter in the folktales that nurture systemic thinking. It identifies and explores motifs and patterns in select folktales that promote interconnectedness interdependence holism synthesis and circular pattern of life and examines the ecological relevance of folktales in fostering a systematic view of life. The volume discusses why it is important to critically analyze alternative worldviews in order to find holistic solutions to contemporary global ecological issues. It sheds light upon Ecofemiotics as a discipline a portmanteau of Ecofeminist Semiotics and through a re-reading of folktales it puts forward an innovative folktale typology which connects women with environment. The book discusses an ecofemiotics cyclical praxis at three levels • Promoting theory to practice through the analysis of folktales as Gaia Care Narratives using the Ecofemiotic framework. • Enabling practice to theory through a classroom experiment observation and inference. • Envisioning theory to practice through the identification of Gaia Care Principles and its multidisciplinary hands-on scope and function to create avenues towards ecological balance and sustainable living. Inspired by the hearts that tell stories of love care nurture and the Earth this nuanced work will be of interest to students and researchers of literature and literary theory sociology social anthropology gender studies and women’s studies feminism development studies environment and folklore studies. | Environmental Humanities in Folktales Theory and Practice

GBP 48.99
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Urban Daily Labour Markets in Gujarat Western India

Urban Daily Labour Markets in Gujarat Western India

This volume explores one of the most complex labour landscapes of India - the urban daily labour market. These markets form an important sector of the urban informal labour market and contribute significantly to the Indian economy. This book presents an empirical comparative picture of daily labour markets in Gujarat Western India. These markets consist mostly of intra-state and interstate migrant workers who suffer from layered multiple marginalities based on markers of informality migrant status caste ethnicity gender and poor agency and often live in the peripheries of the cities without any rights and entitlements to their spaces and services. This study based on an extensive survey of three cities in Gujarat contains descriptions and analyses of the places of migration and their causes as well as the working and living conditions of the workers along with their spending patterns on food health education and leisure. It mirrors the work life and issues of these workers on the regional level while contributing to a better understanding for future policy interventions. An in-depth study the book will be of interest to students and researchers of labour economics labour studies urban planning social work sociology anthropology and demography. It will also be useful to NGOs/trade unions working with migrant workers civil servants in Labour department and other related departments city planners and policy makers. | Urban Daily Labour Markets in Gujarat Western India

GBP 130.00
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Colonial Authority and Tamiḻ Scholarship A Study of the First English Translations

Colonial Authority and Tamiḻ Scholarship A Study of the First English Translations

This book—an English translation of a key Tamiḻ book of literary and cultural criticism—looks at the construction of Tamiḻ scholarship through the colonial approach to Tamiḻ literature as evidenced in the first translations into English. The Tamiḻ original Atikāramum tamiḻp pulamaiyum: Tamiḻiliruntu mutal āṅkila moḻipeyarppukaḷ by N Govindarajan is a critique of the early attempts at the translations of Tamiḻ literary texts by East India Company officials specifically by N E Kindersley. Kindersley who was working as the Collector of South Arcot district in the late eighteenth century was the first colonial officer to translate the Tamiḻ classic Tirukkuṟaḷ and the story of King Naḷa into English and to bring to the reading public in English the vibrant oral narrative tradition in Tamiḻ. F W Ellis in the nineteenth century brought in another dimension through his translation of the same classic. The book thus focuses on the attempts to translate the Tamiḻ literary works by the Company’s officials who emerged as the pioneering English Dravidianists and the impact of translations on the Tamiḻ reading community. Theoretically grounded the book makes use of contemporary perspectives to examine colonial interventions and the operation of power relations in the literary and socio-cultural spheres. It combines both critical readings of past translations and intensive research work on Tamiḻ scholarship to locate the practice of literary works in South Asia and its colonial history which then enables a conversation between Indian literary cultures. In this book the author has not only explored all key scholarly sources as well as the commentaries that were used by the colonial officials chiefly Kindersley but also gives us an insightful critique of the Tamiḻ works. The highlight of the discussion of Dravidian Orientalism in this book is the intralinguistic opposition of the “mainstream” Tamiḻ literature in “correct/poetical” Tamiḻ and the folk literature in “vacana” Tamiḻ. This framework allows the translators to critically engage with the work. Annotated and with an Introduction and a Glossary this translated work is a valuable addition to our reading of colonial South India. The book will be of interest to researchers of Tamiḻ Studies Orientalism and Indology translation studies oral literature linguistics South Asian Studies Dravidian Studies and colonial history. | Colonial Authority and Tamiḻ Scholarship A Study of the First English Translations

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Culture and Politics in South Asia Performative Communication

Culture and Politics in South Asia Performative Communication

This volume looks at the politics of communication and culture in contemporary South Asia. It explores languages signs and symbols reflective of current mythologies that underpin instances of performance in present-day India and its neighbouring countries. From gender performances and stage depictions to protest movements folk songs to cinematic reconstructions and elections to war-torn regions the chapters in the book bring the multiple voices embedded within the grand theatre of popular performance and the cultural landscape of the region to the fore. Breaking new ground this work will prove useful to students and researchers in sociology and social anthropology art and performance studies political studies and international relations communication and media studies and culture studies. | Culture and Politics in South Asia Performative Communication

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Changing Theory Concepts from the Global South

Changing Theory Concepts from the Global South

This book is an original systematic and radical attempt at decolonizing critical theory. Drawing on linguistic concepts from 16 languages from Asia Africa the Arab world and South America the essays in the volume explore the entailments of words while discussing their conceptual implications for the humanities and the social sciences everywhere. The essays engage in the work of thinking through words to generate a conceptual vocabulary that will allow for a global conversation on social theory which will be necessarily multilingual. With essays by scholars across generations and from a variety of disciplines – history anthropology and philosophy to literature and political theory – this book will be essential reading for scholars researchers and students of critical theory and the social sciences. | Changing Theory Concepts from the Global South

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What Is Critical in Language Studies Disclosing Social Inequalities and Injustice

What Is Critical in Language Studies Disclosing Social Inequalities and Injustice

This volume examines the notion of criticality in language studies. Drawing on the work of the Frankfurt School – Adorno Habermas Horkheimer and Marcuse among others – the chapters in the volume examine a variety of linguistic contexts: from gender activism to web journalism from the classroom to the open streets. It also presents theoretical and methodological guidelines to researchers interested in • Expanding their critical outlook for meaning brought on by the notion of criticality in contemporary language studies. • Understanding criticality in languages through historical political and social perspectives. • Using linguistics and language studies as tools to dissect and disclose social injustices. This book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of language studies and linguistics philosophy politics and sociology and social policy. | What Is Critical in Language Studies Disclosing Social Inequalities and Injustice

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