- 180 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This is the first book to cover existing debates on decolonising and developmental social work whilst equipping readers with the understanding of how to translate the idea of decolonisation of social work into practice. Using new empirical data and an extensive detail of social, cultural, and political dimensions of Nepal, the author proposes a new model of 'decolonised and developmental social work' that can be applicable to a wide range of countries and cultures.
By using interviews with Nepali social workers, this text goes beyond mere theoretical approaches and uniquely positions itself in a way that embraces rigorous bottom-up, grounded theory method. It will also further ongoing debates on globalisation-localisation, universalisation-contextualisation, outsider-insider perspectives, neoliberal-rights and justice oriented social work, and above all, colonisation-decolonisation of social work knowledge and practice. It also promotes solidarity of, and the struggle for, progress for those in the margins of Western social work and development narrative through an emerging theory-praxis of decolonised and developmental social work.
Decolonised and Developmental Social Work is essential reading for students, academics, and researchers of social work and development studies, as well as those striving for a decolonial worldview.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on transliteration and Nepali terminology
- Meaning of Nepali terms and cultural practices
- Foreword
- Preface
- Prologue: an honest, heretofore untold story of Nepali social work
- 1 Thinking about decolonised and developmental social work
- 2 The puzzle of Nepali narratives: historical dynamics and contemporary issues
- 3 International non-government organisations and Nepali development: a place for Nepali social workers to engage
- 4 Social work education in Nepal: a brief historical perspective
- 5 From an imported model to a decolonisation of social work
- 6 Influence and context for decolonised and developmental Nepali social work
- 7 Decolonised and developmental Nepali social work: a model ground up
- 8 Moving forward
- References
- Index