Transnational Transnational Social Work Practice

257 Pages·2010·1.495 MB·English

by  Nalini Junko Negi (ed.), Rich Furman (ed.)

Transnational Social Work Practice

Transnational Social
Work Practice
EdiTEd by
NaliNi JuNko NEgi
aNd
Rich FuRmaN
Columbia University Press New York
Columbia University Press
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Chapter 5 is reprinted from Richard Estes, “Toward Sustainable Development:
From Theory to Praxis,” Social Development Issues, 15, no. 3 (1993): 1–29.
By permission of the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Transnational social work practice / edited by Nalini Junko Negi and Rich Furman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-231-14448-3 (hard cover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-231-52631-9 (ebook)
1. Social service. 2. Migrant labor—Services for. 3. Immigrants—Services for.
I. Negi, Nalini. II. Furman, Rich. III. Title.
HV40.T697 2010
362.8—dc22 2010010991
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contents
PART ONE: THE CONTExT OF TRANSMIgRATION
1. An Introduction to Transnational Social Work
Rich Furman, Nalini Junko Negi, and Rommel “Bombie” Salvador 3
2. Economic globalization and Transnational Migration:
An Anti-oppressive Framework
Katherine van Wormer 20
3. Transnational Social Networks and Social Development:
Hometown Associations in Mexico and the United States
Ariadna Mahon-Santos 36
4. Environmental Decline and Climate Change:
Fostering Social and Environmental Justice on a Warming Planet
Mishka Lysack 52
5. Toward Sustainable Development: From Theory to Praxis
Richard J. Estes 76
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contents
PART TWO: SERVICES TO TRANSMIgRANTS
6. Social Work Practice with Victims of Transnational
Human Trafficking
Miriam Potocky 111
7. Social Work Practice in Refugee Resettlement
Miriam Potocky 124
8. Transnational Men
Rich Furman and Erin Casey 135
9. The Unintended Consequences of Migration: Exploring the Importance
of Transnational Migration Between Ecuador and New York
Brad Jokisch and David Kyle 147
10. Migrant Workers in South Africa and the United Arab Emirates
Emmerentie Oliphant and Leon Holtzhausen 159
11. Using Internet Technology for Transnational
Social Work Practice and Education
John G. McNutt 176
12. Macro Social Work Practice with Transmigrants
Brij Mohan and Julia E. Clark Prickett 191
13. Incorporating Transnational Social Work into the Curriculum
Susan Kidd Webster, Andrea-Teresa Arenas, and Sandy Magaña 205
14. New Practice Frontiers: Current and Future Social
Work with Transmigrants
Cynthia A. Hunter, Susannah Lepley, and Samuel Nickels 222
INDEx 243
Transnational Social Work Practice

[Part I]
The Context of Transmigration