Professionalization of social work in colonial India

Glancing at the history of social work in India before 1936

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ID9975053
AuthorsAbhijeet Mishra (0000-0002-8287-9922, University of Delhi, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume66
Issue4
Pages1018-1029
Publication date2021-12-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00208728211048937
OpenAlexW4200466299
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

This article discusses a brief history of ‘modern’ social work in India before 1936. I present how abstract conceptions of scientifically informed and organized social work practice were brewing in colonial India, along with attempts to assemble or organize it. I use these accounts to further present certain nuances on the modalities of imported social work knowledge that dominated social work education in India after 1936

Colonialism · Modalities · Political science · Professionalization · Social history (medicine · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Law · Medicine · Social Work Education and Practice · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Social Work

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