Concept, nature and scope of Rural Development and Local Government.

Readings

1. Green, G. P., & Zinda, J. A. (2013). Rural development theory. In G. P. Green (Ed.), Handbook of rural development (pp. 3–20). Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.

2. Sachdeva, P. (2011). Meaning, Scope and Significance of Urban  Local Government. In Local Government in India (pp. 1–13). Pearson Education in South Asia.

3. Scales, T. L., Streeter, C. L., & Cooper, H. S. (2014). Rural Social Work: Building and Sustaining Community Capacity (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.