Social work and migration : immigrant and refugee settlement and integration / Kathleen Valtonen.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Contemporary social work studiesPublication details: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.Description: xii, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780754671947 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0754671941 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JV 6035 .V35 2008
Contents:
Perspectives on migration : 'here and now' implications for social work -- Social work approaches to practice with immigrants and refugees -- Immigrants and refugees in society : the field of action, relations, roles and status -- Frames for understanding settlement and integration processes -- The politics of inclusion and exclusion -- Practice modes for settlement social work -- Practice with family systems -- The second generation -- Developing and implementing social policy and social/settlement services -- Settlement practice and ethical principles.
Social work is increasingly finding itself at the frontline of issues pertaining to immigrant and refugee settlement and integration. In this timely book, the contributors provide the first book-length study on the challenges these issues create for social work.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-216) and index.

Perspectives on migration : 'here and now' implications for social work -- Social work approaches to practice with immigrants and refugees -- Immigrants and refugees in society : the field of action, relations, roles and status -- Frames for understanding settlement and integration processes -- The politics of inclusion and exclusion -- Practice modes for settlement social work -- Practice with family systems -- The second generation -- Developing and implementing social policy and social/settlement services -- Settlement practice and ethical principles.

Social work is increasingly finding itself at the frontline of issues pertaining to immigrant and refugee settlement and integration. In this timely book, the contributors provide the first book-length study on the challenges these issues create for social work.

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