Community Organization as a Method of Social Work
Will be published approx. on 19. April 2013
38 pages
E-Book
978-3-656-41532-9 (ISBN)
Description
Community Organization is one of the primary methods of social work. It deals with intervention in the communities to solve the community problems. As a method of social work community organization can solve the problems of many people in the community through their collective involvement. Community organization and community development are inter-related as two sides of the same coin. The community organization includes other methods of social work, that is, group work, and casework. The power structure plays a role in the community organization. The social workers need to know the community power structure to practice community organization method. Community organization method is used for empowering people for their development.
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Person
Upmesh k. Talwar, Former Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, India.
