Understanding Social Work Research offers an authoritative guide to the nature of social work research. The book clearly demonstrates how research-mindedness is key to improving individual and collective social work practice, helping practitioners to effectively navigate the complex issues they face on a daily basis. The comprehensive and student-friendly approach satisfies the curriculum benchmarks for social work training.

This book provides a theoretical-conceptual overview of globalization, and an analysis of state-level reforms, and the social, cultural and political dimensions of globalization and reforms in India. The issues discussed in the volume will also draw the attention of civil society organizations and NGOs engaged in advocacy activities.

This book identifies enabling environments, including regulatory mechanisms and the role of non-governmental organizations. The last section of this volume distils critical issues and strategic options and suggests a way forward. It is largely based on secondary sources, although some field-based studies and visits were carried out across various states in India.

This book tries to get you over some of the more difficult hurdles you will encounter with tips on design and editing, practical stories for editors, presentation and typographic clues

This book contributes to the emerging debate which is questioning the role of foreign funded NGOs. There is a growing awareness that they often have a powerful structural influence, impacting on both organisation landscapes and civil society. In this context Susantha Goonatilake studies the political economy of NGO activity in Sri Lanka, a country which once had a vibrant democratic tradition and a functioning civil society.