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International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 7(2), pp. 25 - 30
DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2019.070201
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Exploring Shankar Pathak's Ideas on Indian Social Policy, Welfare and Social Development
Venkat Pulla *
Institute for Land, Water and Society (ILWS), Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2678, Australia
ABSTRACT
Any discussion around India's Social Policy, Social Welfare and Social Development ought to be laid in the context of India's sixty years of planning history. In this critical essay, I explore the views and treatise of octogenarian Shankar Pathak on social welfare policies and development of the poor in India. In those sixty years of planning, India has certainly made strides, such as producing some billionaires that enter into who's who list compiled by Forbes, alongside its poor making world's record officially included into the top ten poor nations. India's situation can be aptly captured and surmised by borrowing the famous saying of American Political Economist 鈥榙oing better but feeling worse' (Wildavsky,1977, pp 105). The current paper examines Pathak's views on social policy, welfare and social development in India and to an extent his views on social work profession in India, that were made available to Indian social work academia through his book ( 2013) on 鈥楽ocial Policy Social Welfare and Social Development' brought out during his sojourn in Bangalore and further through a cursory view of his blogs.
KEYWORDS
Social Policy India, Social Development India, Social Work India
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Venkat Pulla , "Exploring Shankar Pathak's Ideas on Indian Social Policy, Welfare and Social Development," International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 25 - 30, 2019. DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2019.070201.
(b). APA Format:
Venkat Pulla (2019). Exploring Shankar Pathak's Ideas on Indian Social Policy, Welfare and Social Development. International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION), 7(2), 25 - 30. DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2019.070201.