1st Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Social Welfare in the Global South
Author Biographies
List of Tables
List of Figures
1. Introduction: Globalization and social welfare challenges in the Global South Societies
Rajendra Baikady
Section One: Countries in transition, social problems and welfare challenges
2. ‘The best Constitution’ in the most unequal country in the world: The
disjuncture between ‘new South Africa’ and reality
Samkelo Bala
3. Social work practices in health care settings that contributes to the global transformation and the sustainable development goals
Laetitia Petersen
4. Supremacy of Power Practice, Economic Inequality, and Poverty in Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis for Designing Policy
Md. Emaj Uddin
5. Social Work Practice for Suburban Community Development: A Social Work Camping Perspective
Iftakhar Ahmad, Md. Ismail Hossain, Isahaque Ali, Rajendra Baikady
6. Challenges for Welfare regimes in the 21st century: the case of Latin America
Juan Cruz Ferre, Cecilia Garcilazo, Nicolás Ballesteros
Section Two: Empowerment of vulnerable populations
7. Violence Against Women in Malaysia and Social Work Intervention
Isahaque Ali1, Rajendra Baikady, Muhammad Shariful Islam, Golam Kibria Ferdous & Mohammad Zamirul Islam
8. Navigating through the influence of GAP (Gender, Age and Place of Stay) on the level of Life Satisfaction among Older Persons
Sheeba Joseph, Bhopal School of Social Sciences (BSSS), India
Bishnu Mohan Dash
9. Fostering Empowerment: The Transformative Impact of Education on Cultivating Women-Friendly Environments
Mouchumi Deka
10. Social Work Practice with HIV/AIDS Patients in Malaysia
Dhiya Liyana Ahmad Faisal Anan1, Rajendra Baikady2,3, Isahaque Ali1,5, Muhammad Shariful Islam4, Golam Kibria Ferdous4 & Mohammad Zamirul Islam
11. Child Abuse in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia: A Silent Epidemic
Nur Zarina Mohamad Za’ba, Rajendra Baikady, Isahaque Ali1, Muhammad Shariful Islam, Golam Kibria Ferdous, & Mohammad Zamirul Islam
Section Three: Social Exclusion, Inequality and social welfare
12. The adoption of E-social work: Towards embracing the fourth industrial revolution in social work practice
Eleanor Alvira Hendricks
13. Dalit Identity, Rights and Social Justice: Towards an Inclusive Society in India
Sujit Lahiry
14. Invisible wounds: Uncovering Psychosocial consequences of Intergenerational Poverty on Vulnerable Populations
Kangkan Bhuyan and Banani Basistha
15. Prevalence and Severity of Sexual Harassment at the Higher Secondary Level Educational Institute in Bangladesh
Delwar Hossain, Humayun Kabir, Taha Husain, Rajendra Baikady, Isahaque Ali
16. Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in the Post COVID-19 Era: Experiences and Perspectives of women with disabilities in Uganda
Nakijoba Rosemary & Racheal Ddungu Mugabi
17. Intersectional perspectives of vulnerabilities among Dalit women: Evidence from urban Bangladesh
Delwar Hossain
Section Four: Neo-liberalism and its impact on social welfare provisions
18. Exposing the Neoliberalization Practices of the Covid-19 Vaccine Pharmaceutical Industry: Between Humanity and Business Profits
Eko Wahyono and Reza Amarta Prayoga
19. Decolonizing Digital Access: A Conceptual Analysis of Boko Haram Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
Doris Wesley and Jonathan Matusitz
20. Empowering Communities: The Impact of NGOs on Social Transformation
Jannatul Ferdous
21. Envisioning the Future of Water of Northern Province, Sri Lanka: An Imaginative Exercise on Water Security and Governance
Jeevasuthan Subramaniam, Kajapathy Ganapathy, Veerasingam Dishalini1, Kumarendran Balachandran1, Nadarajah Sriskantharajah, Rajendra Baikady, and Isahaque Ali
Section Six: Understanding poverty trends among the countries in the Global South
22. Poverty is shame: cries of exclusion to education access for refugee girls with learning disability in Uganda
Racheal Ddungu and Rosemary Nakijoba
23. Does vulnerability to poverty trigger international migration? South Asian exemplar
24. Unemployment Cost of Transitioning into Poverty and Loneliness: Examining Welfare Policies and Social Capital Factors in Indian Youth
Danishwar Rasool Dar, Sobhana H, Fayaz Ahmad Paul
25. An exploration of the impact of poverty on rural communities in South Africa
Zintle Ntshongwana, Hlologelo Malatji, Nkosiyazi Dube
26. Breaking the Cycle: Exploring the Intersection of Poverty and Mental Well-being among Students in India
Fayaz Ahmad Paul, Rubeena Akhter, Banani Basistha3, Arif Ali, Aasim Ur Rehman Ganie, Priyanka Saikia
Biography
Rajendra Baikady is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Work, Central University of Kerala, India and Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
