SOCIAL-WORK WITH GROUPS - A LITERATURE-REVIEW

Group work, as a method, has been practised widely by Indian social wo rkers. However, theory has not kept pace with practice. The article re views the very sparse literature on the subject by Indian authors and goes on to draw implications for social group work in India. It questi ons the lines of division made between the three methods of social wor k and stresses the need for systematically recording the indigenous ex periences of social workers and/or social activists in India in order to enhance the theory base.