Social Work Promotion: 2014 Definition
The 2014 global definition of social work outlines its core purpose and responsibilities. It emphasizes principles like social justice, human rights, collective responsibility, and respect for diversity.
Key Aims of Social Work
According to the definition, social work is fundamentally concerned with promoting:
- Social change and development, encouraging progress and improvement in societal structures.
- Social cohesion, fostering unity, understanding, and positive relationships within communities.
- The liberation of people, empowering individuals and groups to overcome oppression and achieve self-determination.
Aspect Not Promoted
While social work aims to empower individuals, enabling them to make informed decisions, the direct promotion of 'Social choices' itself is not listed as a primary concern in the 2014 definition. The focus is more on creating conditions that support autonomy and well-being, rather than promoting the choices themselves.
Important Questions from Sociology, Society and Social Sciences
- Who is said to be the founder of the specialist approach of Ethnomethodology ?
- Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
List – I (Concepts) List – II (Thinkers) a. Exchange i. Erving Goffman b. Dramaturgey ii. P.M. Blau c. Inter subjectivity iii. H. Garfinkel d. Indexicality iv. Alfred Shutz Match List-I with List-II.
List – I (Perspectives) List – II (Thinkers) a. Book view i. Surajit Sinha b. Field view ii. David Hardiman c. Civilizational view iii. G.S. Ghurye d. Subaltern view iv. S.C. Dube Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
- According to R.K. Merton, which path is followed by the drug addicts ?
- Who among the following attempted to discover the social causes of suicide by relating the rates of suicide in different social groups to the characteristics of the group ?
