Social Justice and Empowerment

The main theme of the book is social justice and empowerment.  The Social Sciences Center of Bharati Vidyapeeth University had organized a National Seminar on Social Justice and Empowerment in March, 2006 in Pune.  Most of the papers included in the book had been presented in the seminar.  Some of the articles are specially written for the current publication.  There are 22 articles related to the main theme of the book.  These are divided into sub-themes such as Social Justice, Empowerment, Empowerment of Dalits, Empowerment of Women, and the Social work Intervention.  Most of these articles are research based and have the strong support of primary data.  The contributors of these articles are academically very strong and written number of articles and books.  They are drawn from all over India.  Few articles have also been published in the professional journal entitled Participative Development, a quarterly, published from Pune.  The topics such as the Right to Information, Domestic Violence, and Self-Help Groups are of the current nature and needs to be reached to all the segments of the society.  Hence, an effort is made through this book to provide the extensive reading material for the students and teaching community who are concerned with the Social Justice and Empowerment.