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Social Work Practice with Immigrants and Refugees

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The United States has always been a land of immigrants and a destination for refugees. With the increase in immigration in the late 1980s—when the number of refugees entering the United States near...
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The United States has always been a land of immigrants and a destination for refugees. With the increase in immigration in the late 1980s—when the number of refugees entering the United States nearly doubled as well—the number of clients needing social work services rose dramatically. Social Work Practice with Immigrants and Refugees takes an ecological systems perspective on working with these two distinct groups, paying special attention to the relationship between individuals and their social environment.

Focusing on the major immigrant groups who have come to the United States since the 1965 Immigration Act, the book contains chapters on immigrants and refugees from Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Africa. Pallassana R. Balgopal and contributors explore ideas, concepts, and skills that will help human service workers, social workers, helping professionals, and policymakers deepen their understanding of cultural attitudes toward newly arrived immigrants and refugees, thus strengthening their ability to better serve an ethnically diverse clientele.

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Price: $40.00
Pages: 282
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Series: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series
Publication Date: 01 November 2000
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780231108577
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services

The United States has always been considered a land of immigrants, but since the massive increase in immigration in the late 1980s, when the number of incoming refugees doubled, this cliche has become very real. This massive influx of people requires a variety of social work services to help immigrants adapt to their new land, and this book is designed for those who must fill this need.
— Journal of Social Work Education
Pallassana R. Balgopal is professor of social work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Introduction, by Pallassana R. Balgopal
Social Work Practice with Immigrants and Refugees: An Overview, by Pallassana R. Balgopal
Social Work Practice with Asian Americans, by Jayashree Nimmagadda and Pallassana R. Balgopal
Social Work Practice with Latino American Immigrants, by John F. Longres and Davis G. Patterson
Social Work Practice with African-Descent Immigrants, by E. Aracelis Francis
Social Work Practice with European Immigrants, by Howard Jacob Karger and Joanne Levine
Refugees in the 1990s: A U.S. Perspective, by Nazneen S. Mayadas and Uma A. Segal
Conclusion, by Pallassana R. Balgopal
Contributors
Index