Integrating welfare economics in social work curriculum: a Malaysian case This paper explores some meanings identified for and by social work assessment, andintroduces an explanatory model to consider the development of social work assessment in Malaysia, Nepal, Vietnam and the UK. Understanding what social workers are doing is critical to the moral foundations of practice, […]

Civil society organizations and participatory local governance in Pakistan: An exploratory study This paper analyses the extent to which the civil society organizations (CSOs) have influenced the decision‐making of the local government toward the needs and priorities of citizens. In development discourse, civil society organizations hold a significant importance as they are deemed to provide […]

Empowering people: Role for political social work in South Asia South Asian governments have initiated political reforms engaging in rhetoric that resonates with the paradigms of good governance and empowerment of people. This article, applying a political social work framework, analyses reform policy in Pakistan and India in South Asia. By doing so, the article […]