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BSW-306 Development Perspectives in Social Work



BASW 3rd Year Syllabus

BSW-306 Development Perspectives in Social Work (Functional Paper) (60+40=100 marks)

Course Objectives:
·        Develop an understanding of the concept of development and under-development, the indicators of development and the approaches to development.
·        Develop an understanding of the systemic nature of poverty, marginalization and the resultant problems, and their magnitude in Nepali society and the interrelationship between problems.
·        Develop and understanding of the methods of social analysis of Nepal
·        Understand, develop sensitivity and analyze the present socio-cultural and political realities of Nepal society.

Theoretical Part: (60 marks)                                                                              (100 hrs)
·        Concept of development and underdevelopment: Historical perspective, indicators of development.                                                                                                            (6 hrs)
·        Contemporary development discourse and its critique; modernization theory, dependency theory, world system theory, cultural and postmodern critique. (13hrs)
·        Concept of human development, and sustainable development.
·        Concept of participation and participatory Development                                 (6 hrs)
·        Concept of social development; Meaning, Concept and indicators    (6 hrs)
·        Approaches to development; state, market and civil society.              (9 hrs)
·        Components of social systems: Economics, social, political and ideological systems their definition and inter-relationship.                                                  (15 hrs)
·        Social Change: Class Struggle, Elitist and Marxist theory of understanding class relations, Social stratification (class, caste, religion, ethnicity, and gender). (15hrs)
·        Social and political movements in Nepal-Ideologies and strategies.   (10 hrs)
·        Global forces and its impact in Nepal society-globalization, foreign aid, geopolitical situation.; Urbanization                                                                         (6 hrs)
·        Poverty and its dimensions;                                                                                   (6 hrs)



Practical Part: (40 marks)                                                                                               (250 hrs)
Block placement (internship) in an organization of student's choice after appearing for final examination; for a period of 30 days.
Reference:
·        Alvin Y. So, Social Change and Development: Modernization, Dependency and World System Theories, Sage Publications, 1990.
·        Amin, S., Unequal Development, London, Monthly Review, 1976.
·        Baran, P.A., The Polictical Economy of Growth, USA, Monthly Review, 1957.
·        Bhattachan, K.B. and Mishra C. (ed), Developmental Practices in Nepal, Kathmandu, DOSA-TU, 1997.
·        Bista, D.B., Fatalism and Development: Nepal's Struggle for Modernization, Calcutta, Orient Longman, 1991.
·        Bista, D.B., People of Nepal, Kathmandu, Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1996.
·        Blaikie, P., Cameron, J. & Seddon, D., Nepal Crisis: Growth and Stagnation at the Periphery, Delhi, Oxford University, Press, 2001.
·        Cerner, M. (ed), Putting People First, New York, Oxford, 1985.
·        Dahal et. al (eds), Development Challenges for Nepal, Kathmandu, NEFAS, 1999.
·        Devkota, Padam Lal. Reflection on participatory Rural Development in Nepal. Calgary: University ofm Calgary, 1992
·        Devkota Padam Lal. "Anthropological Perspectives in Grassroots Development in Nepal". Occasional Paper in Sociology and Anthropology. Kathmandu : Tribhuvan University, 1994     
·        Dixit et.al (eds), State of Nepal, Kathmandu, Himal Books, 2002.
·        Escobar, A., Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of Third World, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995.
·        Gautam Rajesh and Thapa Ashok, Tribal Ethnography of Nepal (Vol I and II), Book Faith India, 1994.
·        Geller, D.N., Pfaff-Czarnecka, j. & Whelpton, J, (ed.), Nationalism and Ethnicity in a Hindu Kingdom, Harwood Academic Publishers, 1996.
·        Gupta, D., Social Stratification, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1992.
·        Hutt, M., Nepal in Nineties, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1993.
·        Khadka, N., Foreign Aid and Foreign Policy: Major Powers in Nepal, New Delhi, Vikash Publishing House, 1997.
·        Malla, K.P. (ed), Nepal: Perspectives on Continuity and Change, Kathmandu, CNAS, 1989.
·        Manandhar, L.K. and Bhattachan K.B. (eds). Gender and Democracy in Nepal, Kathmandu, FES, 2001.
·        Paddison, R., Urban Studies, New Delhi, Sage Publications, 2001.
·        Pandey, D.R., Nepal's Field Development" Reflections on the Mission and the Maladies, Kathmandu, NSAC, 2001
·        PANOS, Governing Our Cities: Will People Power Work? UK, The Panos Institute, 2000



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