GOALS AND SCOPE

The Indian Journal of Social Work (IJSW) was started by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (then known as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work) with the following goals in mind:

1. To serve as a medium of expression for the Students, Alumni and Faculty of The Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work.
2. To encourage original research on the part of Indian Social Workers.
3. To report significant advances in the social field, both in India and abroad.
4. To serve as a bond of unity for social workers scattered throughout the various parts of India .
5. To assist in raising the standards of professional social work in India .

The focus of the IJSW, over the years, has shifted from ‘social work literature' to ‘literature for social work'. While ‘social work literature' is literature specific to social work profession, ‘literature for social work' means literature needed for different social work functions. These functions are broadly conceptualised as practice, administration, research, education and training. The users are, thus, practitioners, administrators, researchers, educators/trainers and students. And therefore, ‘literature for social work' has to go beyond ‘social work literature'.

As the perspective of professional social work is changing from welfare to developmental, the language of the IJSW is shifting from that of ‘social problems' to that of issues of the marginalised groups. The IJSW focuses on multidisciplinary knowledge development relevant to the changing perspectives of the social work profession.

The IJSW invites submission of articles:

• related to the issues of marginalised groups such as children, youth, the elderly, women, Dalits, indigenous peoples (tribal), labour, the disabled. and so on;
• which address interventions that impede, as also those that facilitate people-centredness in social systems and processes at the local, community, national and international levels; and
• on issues related to livelihood, health, housing, education, criminality, disasters, and so on.

Implications of the above for social work philosophy, methods of intervention, education and associations are essential for the IJSW.

The IJSW, therefore, invites the following types of contributions:

• Theoretical/historical/empirical/methodological/epistemological analyses.
• Reviews of policies/programmes/legislations/voluntary organisations/professional interventions.
• Curriculum development/Teaching aids.
• Research summaries.
• News from professional associations in social work.
• Book reviews and media reviews.
• Discussions and notes.
• Interviews.

 

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