1st Edition
Social Work and Integration in Immigrant Communities Framing the Field
Preface; Perspectives on contemporary migration and social work; Theories and frames for understanding migrant incorporation: past and current perspectives; Immigrants in society; Policy and institutions; Social work professional capacity building; Challenges, opportunities, strengths; Family, and caring - transnational and local; Connectedness in an interactive systems frame; Shaping our future community
Biography
Kathleen Valtonen is Principle Investigator at the Swedish School of Social Science at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She is the author of Social Work and Migration (Ashgate, 2009). She has published widely within social work and migration in journals such as the Journal of Refugee Studies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, International Social Work, European Journal of Social Work, Asia Pacific Migration Journal and the British Journal of Social Work.
’The book provides a comprehensive overview of migrant social work in the context of immigration. It provides an elaborate picture of both practice and research in this growing and important field. The author convincingly situates the issues at stake into broader discourses and theories of migration, settlement and integration.’ Östen Wahlbeck, University of Helsinki, Finland
