Kathleen Valtonen

Social Work and Migration

Immigrant and Refugee Settlement and Integration

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Social work increasingly finds itself at the frontline of issues pertaining to immigrant and refugee settlement and integration. The book fills a gap in the social work literature by providing scholars, practitioners and students with a critical knowledge base that will strengthen their ability to engage with issues of immigration and integration and to open up options for effective practice with growing numbers of immigrant and refugee clients.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780754671947
• ISBN-10: 0754671941
• Artikelnr.: 44365911

Autorenporträt

Kathleen Valtonen is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago. She has published widely within social work and migration in journals such as the Journal of Refugee Studies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, International Social Work, European Journal of Social Work, Asia Pacific Migration Journal and the British Journal of Social Work.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
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
Bobliography
Index.