1st Edition
Social Development Critical Themes and Perspectives
Preface
1. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Manohar Pawar, Charles Sturt University and
David Cox, La Trobe University, Australia
2. TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP APPROACHES WITHIN THE NEW SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM
Brij Mohan, Louisiana State University, USA
3. TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP APPROACHES TO POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Rufus Akindola, The University of Melbourne
4. PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT
Kwaku Osei-Hwedie and
Bertha Z. Osei-Hwedie, University of Botswana
5. SELF RELIANT DEVELOPMENT
Titiporn Siriphant Puntasen, Thammasat University, Thailand
6. LOCAL LEVEL DEVELOPMENT
Manohar Pawar, Charles Sturt University and
David Cox, La Trobe University, Australia
7. CAPACITY BUILDING AND LOCAL LEVEL DEVELOPMENT
Gautam N. Yadama and
Marsela Dauti, Washington University in St. Louis
8. PERSONNEL IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT WORK
David Cox La Trobe University, Australia
9. BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Ingrid Burkett, Local Change Works, Australia, and
Alex Ruhunda, President, International Association for Community Development
10. ETHICS OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Hartley Dean, London School of Economics
Biography
Manohar S. Pawar has more than 20 years experience in social work education, research and practice in Australia and India. He is currently an Associate Professor in Social Work and Human Services, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and a principal researcher of the Institute for Land Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia.
David R. Cox was a social work practitioner in the refugee and migration fields for over 20 years, and a social work educator for the following 22 years, during which his focus was in large part on international social work. He retired as Professor of Social Work at La Trobe University in 2001, but is still there as an Adjunct Professor of Social Work. He has been involved in the social development field since 1979, not only as a social work educator, but as a consultant on poverty alleviation and other fields with the United Nations on a significant number of occasions, and a visitor in various roles to a range of developing countries.
