Immigrants and social work : thinking beyond the borders of the United States / / Diane Drachman, Ana Paulino, editors

• Pubblicazione: [Binghamton] New York : , : Haworth Social Work Practice Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 176 pages)
• Disciplina: 362.8
• Soggetto topico: Return migration; Social work with immigrants -- United States; Transnationalism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): DrachmanDiane; PaulinoAna
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.; Co-published simultaneously as Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Services, Volume 2, Numbers 1/2 2004."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : thinking beyond United States borders / Ana Paulino, Diane Drachman -- Immigration in the life histories of women living in the United States-Mexico border region / Raquel R. Marquez, Yolanda C. Padilla -- Armenian refugees and displaced persons and the birth of Armenian social work / Nancy A. Humphreys, Ludmila Haroutunian -- Strengthening the link : social work with immigrants and refugees and international social work / Lynne M. Healy -- Neither here nor there : Puerto Rican circular migration / Gregory Acevedo -- On the age against the poor : Dominican migration to the United States / Ramona Hernandez -- Return migration : an overview / Charles Guzzetta -- Mexican immigrants : would you sacrifice your life for a job? / Maria Zuniga -- An east-west approach to serving Chinese immigrants in a mental health setting / Irene Chung, Florence Samperi -- Conclusion / Ana Paulino, Diane Drachman.
• Sommario/riassunto: Explore an understudied but vital aspect of the immigration experience! Until now, the American social work literature on immigration has emphasized one part of the migration process-the experiences of immigrants in this country. Country-of-origin experiences that lead to emigration have received limited attention. Immigrants and Social Work: Thinking Beyond the Borders of the United States expands the focus of the literature, drawing clear connections between immigrants' situations in their countries of origin and how they adapt to their new country. This book presents a.
• Titolo autorizzato: Immigrants and social work
• ISBN: 1-315-04399-8; 1-135-42350-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910305553703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II