TY - BOOK ID - 30245217 TI - Transnational social work practice AU - Negi, Nalini. AU - Furman, Rich. PY - 2010 SN - 9780231144483 9780231526319 0231526318 0231144482 1282784552 9781282784550 9786612784552 PB - New York : Columbia University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Stedelijkheid KW - Sociaal werk KW - Globalisering KW - Immigrants KW - Migrant labor KW - Social service KW - Benevolent institutions KW - Philanthropy KW - Relief stations (for the poor) KW - Social service agencies KW - Social welfare KW - Social work KW - Human services KW - Labor, Migrant KW - Migrant workers KW - Migrants (Migrant labor) KW - Migratory workers KW - Transient labor KW - Employees KW - Casual labor KW - Services for KW - Social welfare methods KW - Migration. Refugees KW - Social service. KW - Services for. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30245217 AB - A growing number of peopleimmigrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, displaced individuals, and familieslead 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 first volumes to address social work practice with this emergent and often marginalized population, practitioners and scholars specializing in transnational issues develop a framework for transnational social work practice. They begin with the historical and environmental context of transnational practice and explore the psychosocial, economic, environmental, and political factors that affect at-risk and vulnerable transnational groups. They then detail practical strategies, supplemented with case examples, for working with transnational populations utilizing this population's existing strengths. They conclude with recommendations for incorporating transnational social work into the curriculum. ER -