MSW Semester II-

205:- Social Growth & Development

Unit I

Development

  • Concept and indicators of development, Economic, Social, demographic and cultural aspects of development
  • Concept of Sustainable Development..
  • Appropriate strategies to achieve Sustainable Development.
  • Inter-relation between Sustainable Development & Economic Development.

Unit II

Development & Natural Resources

  • Renewable and Non-renewable resources.
  • Population Growth &its impact on Natural Resources.
  • Conservation of Natural Resources.
  • Bio-diversity and conservation of wild life
  • Human Resources as a Function of Ecosystem.

Unit III

Social Growth

  • Population and food production, Food deficit and hunger.
  • Limits and constraints, Step towards food security,
  • Role of agriculture in the Indian Economy and Development, coordinating population and agricultural policies with special reference to food security.

206:- Society & Environment

Unit I

  • Population growth &Natural resources; quantitative and qualitative aspects.
  • Effect of growing Population on wildlife protection and conservation
  • Biotic and Abiotic resources, Renewable and non-renewable resources.

Unit II

  • Population growth and various pollutions such as air–pollution, water-pollution, noise-pollution, radioactive- pollution.
  • Soil pollution .Soil erosion and its consequences.
  • Waste Generation and Domestic waste, Hazardous waste, Nuclear waste,
  • their impacts and management strategies with special reference to India.

Unit III

  • Consequences of population explosion on human resources.
  • Social forestry, Afforestations, Desertification, Salinity and water logging.
  • Definition and concept of sustainable development, Economic aspect of sustainable development, Social aspect of sustainable development, Environmental aspect sustainable development.

207:- SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH

Unit I

BASICS OF RESEARCH
i. Social Work Research – Meaning, Purpose and scope
ii. Research Process- Qualitative and Quantitative Research
iii. Hypothesis – Meaning, Attributes and Types of Hypothesis
iv. Theory Construction – Meaning, Inductive and Deductive
v. Research Design- Meaning and Importance, Types of Research (Survey, Case Studies, Content Analysis, Historical Analysis)

Unit II

TOOLS OF DATA COLLECTION
i. Sampling: Meaning and Utility
ii. Types of Sampling: Survey method, Case studies, Content analysis and Historical analysis
iii. Sources of Data: Primary and Secondary
iv. Participant Observation: Questionnaire, Interview- Schedule and Interview techniques

Unit III

SOCIAL STATISTICS
i. Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode
ii. Measures of Variability: Standard Deviation
iii. Statistical Difference: Chi- square test
iv. Rank Correlation and Simple Regression
v. Analysis of Variance- One way & Two way analysis

Text Books:

  1. Alston, Margaret and Bowles, Wendy; Research for Social Workers Routlege: London 2003
  2. Das, D.K. Lal; Practice of Social Research – Social Work Perspective Rawat Publications: Jaipur 2000

Reference Books:

  1. Goode, W. and Hatt, P. Methods in Social Research McGraw Hill: New York 1962 (Unit I, II & III)
  2. Blaikie, Norman; Designing Social Research Policy Press: Cambridge 2000 ( Acc No. 4713) (Unit II)
  3. Wilkinson, T.S. and Bhandarkar, P.L; Methodology and Techniques of Social Research Himalyan Publishing House: Bombay 1986 (Acc. No. 4152)
  4. Young, P.V.Scientific Social Surveys and Research Prentice Hall Inc: Englewoodcliffs 1966 (Acc. No. 2219)
  5. Mukherji, Neela, Participatory Rural Appraisal: Methodology & Applications Concept Publishing Company: New Delhi 1994 (Acc. No. 4428)
  6. Elhance D.N., Fundamentals of Statistics,1956 (Acc. No. 3743 ) (Unit V)
  7. Encyclopedia of Social Work in India; Publication Division GOI: New Delhi 1968 (Acc No. 4419) Vol. II Pg. 348-352 Social Work Research.

208:- SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA

Unit I

SOCIAL JUSTICE
i. Social Justice: Concepts, Concerns and Issues of Social Justice
ii. Social Justice and its Relationship with Social Legislation
iii. Social Injustice and Mandate for Social Justice
iv. Role of Social Worker in Promoting Social Justice.

Unit II

HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
i. Human Rights and Universal Declaration of Human Rights
ii. Human Rights and Right to Welfare
iii. Fundamental Rights
iv. Directive Principles of State Policies

Unit III

SOCIAL LEGISLATIONS AND PROTECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS
i. Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995
ii. The Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2000
iii. Bonded Labour Abolition Act, 1976
iv. Inter- State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979
v. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
vi. SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act , 1989
vii. Consumer Protection Act, 1986

Text Books:

  1. Saksena, K.P. (Edited); Human Rights- Fifty Years of Independence Gyan Publishing House: New Delhi 1999 (Acc No. 4659) (Unit II)
  2. Friedlander, Walter A. Introduction to Social Welfare Prentice Hall Ltd. New Delhi 1961 (Acc. No. 1453)

Reference Books:

3. Shukla, V.N. Constitution of India Eastern Book Company: Lucknow 1995 (Acc. No. 4348)
4. Dubois, Brenda and Miley, K.K. Social Work – An Empowering Profession Allyn & Bacon Pub: Boston 1992 (Acc. No. 4671) Chapter 6 (Unit I)
5. Plant, Raymond et. Al.; Political Philosophy and Social Welfare Routledge & Kegan Paul: London 1980 (Acc No. 4278) (Unit I & II)
6. Timms, Noel (Edited); Social Welfare: Why & How? Routledge & Kegan Paul: London 1980 (Acc No. 4276) Part II (Unit I & II).
7. Diwan, Paras and Diwan, Peeyushi.; Human Rights and the Law Deep & Deep Publications: New Delhi 1996 (Acc. No. 4385) (Unit II)
8. Gangrade, K.D.; Social Legislation in India Concept Publishing Co.: New Delhi 1978 Encyclopaedia of Social Work in India; Publication Division GOI: New Delhi 1968Vol. II (Acc. No. 4419) Pg. 254-288, 340-348Vol. III (Acc. No. 4420) Pg. 236-250, 258-264, 266-273.