We invite articles -Building Resilient Communities: Communitarian Social Work

Building Resilient Communities:  Communitarian social work

Special issue dedicated to Professor.H.M.Marulasiddhaiah

For India’s rural and urban communities, formal and informal institutions such as gram sabhas, sanghams, self help groups or SHGs have become central to myriad developmental processes. Several nongovernmental organisations came into being to ensure that these processes and networks were utilised for both individual and collective good.  The phenomenon of social capital and social network appeared to have provided the key components in many democratic societies including India.

Communitarians seek to strengthen social capital and the institutions of civil society, through improvements in culture and economy. Both components are equally important to the profession of social work that espouses the values of social justice, human rights, human dignity and non violent practice. In this special edition of the journal we are looking for successful   and creative use of the structures of civil society, and public-private cooperation, NGOs involvement of social work in areas such as children’s development, delivery of health, rights based education, anti discrimination and social services and entrepreneurship.   We would be interested in seeing papers that address ways and means that are conducive to balanced spiritual and material growth of the individuals and the communities. We are aware that achieving outcomes require partnership between public or state and private including NGOs and other non state actor groups. We are seeking papers in the following suggested areas:

·         
Social work with individuals, groups and communities

·          Community development outcomes utilising multiplicity of resources, material and non material 

·          Faith based development coping and resilience

·          Building resilience communities groups and individuals, environmental actions

·          Models for Volunteers, urban, rural, CSR

·          Theoretical debates on development models

·          Arts and culture in development

·          Partnerships, state and non state including private industrial houses

Important dates to note

·          Call for Abstracts: ends           20, June 2013

·          Selected authors notified on 22, June 2013

·          Final drafts:                                 20, July 2013

·          Revisions:                                    30, July 2013

·          Release of the Journal,      10 August 2013

·          Some approved articles will be brought out into a book subsequently and authors would be contacted.

 In the first instance we need abstracts up to 300 words and 100 words of author’s bio data this must be sent latest by 20 of June, 2013 ramesha.mh@gmail.com

Editorial processes of double bind peer refereeing is utilised in this special issue 

Finalised Articles will be in the range of 4500- 6000 words, excluding references, referenced as per APA 6

Special Editors:

Dr Venkat Pulla

Charles Sturt University, Australia

Dr Shivappa Ramakrishna, University of Mysore, India

Managing Editor

Ramesha M H

shivappar@gmail.com; dr.venkat.pulla@gmail.com; ramesha.mh@gmail.com