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Transnational Social Work Practice
Nalini J (Ed) Negi
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Description for Transnational Social Work Practice
Hardback. Editor(s): Negi, Nalini Junko, NSW; Furman, Rich. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFN; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
A growing number of people--immigrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, displaced individuals, and families--lead lives that transcend national boundaries. Often because of economic pressures, these individuals continually move through places, countries, and cultures, becoming exposed to unique risk and protective factors. Though migration itself has existed for centuries, the availability of fast and cheap transportation as well as today's sophisticated technologies and electronic communications have allowed transmigrants to develop transnational identities and relationships, as well as engage in transnational activities. Yet despite this new reality, social work has yet to establish the parameters of a transnational social work practice. In one of the ... Read more
A growing number of people--immigrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, displaced individuals, and families--lead lives that transcend national boundaries. Often because of economic pressures, these individuals continually move through places, countries, and cultures, becoming exposed to unique risk and protective factors. Though migration itself has existed for centuries, the availability of fast and cheap transportation as well as today's sophisticated technologies and electronic communications have allowed transmigrants to develop transnational identities and relationships, as well as engage in transnational activities. Yet despite this new reality, social work has yet to establish the parameters of a transnational social work practice. In one of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231144483
SKU
V9780231144483
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About Nalini J (Ed) Negi
Nalini Junko Negi is assistant professor of social work at the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work and coeditor, with Rich Furman, of Social Work Practice with Latinos: Key Issues and Emerging Themes. Rich Furman is associate professor and director of social work at the University of Washington, Tacoma. His most recent books are Social Work Practice ... Read more
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