{"product_id":"9789819671243","title":"Social Work: Methodologies in Fields of Practice","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSocial Work: Methodologies in Fields of Practice\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAkhup, Alex; Tripura, Biswaranjan; Jojo, Bipin\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eThis book, sourced from the experience of the \u003cspan class=\"marko1esnatd2\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003esocial\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"markjpuuiudbj\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003ework\u003c\/span\u003e researchers, educators and practitioners, offers, for the first time from the Indian context, a reflexively situated and insightful pathways to \u003cspan class=\"marko1esnatd2\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003esocial\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"markjpuuiudbj\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003ework\u003c\/span\u003e research and theorising practice that underlines the importance of 'methodologies in fields of practice'– epistemologies, locationalities and positionalities embedded at varied sites of practices. This understanding is built on the observation that research capturing specific ‘Fields of subjectivities’ (rural tribal communities, women, children and youth, and persons with disabilities) located in the Indian contexts responds to \u003cspan class=\"marko1esnatd2\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003esocial\u003c\/span\u003e issues in complex and diverse situations - a relational ontology. It underscores the scope and new possibilities of research in the \u003cspan class=\"marko1esnatd2\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eSocial\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"markjpuuiudbj\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eWork\u003c\/span\u003e discipline, and its function in contextualizing ‘fields of practice’. The strength of the book lies in capturing and visibilizing these varied sites of practices through ‘research-practice continuum’ approach while demonstrating the primacy of ‘methodologies of practice’ in building a \u003cspan class=\"marko1esnatd2\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003esocial\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"markjpuuiudbj\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003ework\u003c\/span\u003e knowledge i.e. democratic, emancipatory and locally empowering. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccordingly, the book suggests that strengthening of \u003cspan class=\"marko1esnatd2\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003esocial\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"markjpuuiudbj\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003ework\u003c\/span\u003e research and theorising practice would entail recognition of 'methodologies in fields of practice' in the context. In doing so, the book underlines the need to take a decolonial approach and  intends to strengthen practice-based knowledge for an immediate reference point for \u003cspan class=\"marko1esnatd2\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003esocial\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"markjpuuiudbj\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003ework\u003c\/span\u003e scholars, researchers, educators, practitioners, administrators and policymakers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2025-07-26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789819671243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-981-96-7125-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 354\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44309573959820,"sku":"9789819671243","price":251.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789819671243.jpg?v=1776774387","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789819671243","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}