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The book, New Perspectives in Community Development comprises a wide range of theoretical, conceptual and analytical papers on the important emerging issues in the field of community development. It contains 24 chapters contributed by senior educators in the area of social work and allied fields so as to help the readers for their understanding of the issues involved in the process of community development. Social work as profession is finding new roles and responsibilities in the changed rural scenario in India. The book highlights various social work interventions to accelerate women’s participation and gender-based development. It analyses the plight of powerless women in the emerging power structure and corporate social responsibilities underscoring new paradigms and linkages for development so as to meet the specific requirements of academicians and researchers in various fields of social sciences. The book will be particularly useful for the students of Social Work, Rural Development, Sociology and Public Administration at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It will be equally useful to policymakers, social service providers, administrators and those engaged in social work and rural development. It will also help researchers in these fields.