Transnational social support
by Chambon, Adrienne S. Schröer, Wolfgang Schweppe, Cornelia
"In the context of ever-increasing globalization, transnational systems of support have emerged in response to the needs of transnational families, labour forces, and the communities within which they are located. This volume will be the first to systematically address transnational support research from a theoretical and empirical perspective, making the concept of transnationality part of the core knowledge structure of social work."--Publisher's website.
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- Full title :Transnational social support / edited by Adrienne Chambon, Wolfgang Schröer, and Cornelia Schweppe.
Summary
"In the context of ever-increasing globalization, transnational systems of support have emerged in response to the needs of transnational families, labour forces, and the communities within which they are located. This volume will be the first to systematically address transnational support research from a theoretical and empirical perspective, making the concept of transnationality part of the core knowledge structure of social work."--Publisher's website.
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- Publication Date:2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:vi, 217 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780415888769, 041588876X, 0203139410, 9780203139417
- oclc:ocn654317086
- LC Classification:HN28
- Dewey Decimal:361.2/6
Table of Contents
Part 1: Transnational Social Policy. Transnational Social Policy and Migration / Ernie Lightman ; Social Policy in a Transnational World: The Capability Approach, Neediness, and Social Work / Lothar Böhnisch and Wolfgang Schröer. -- Part 2: Transnational Social Support and Transnational Organizations. Development Cooperation as a Field of Transnational Learning / Kay E. Ehlers and Stephan Wolff ; New Religious Movements as Transnational Providers of Social Support: The Case of Sukyo Mahikari / Wendy Smith. -- Part 3: Transnational Family Care. Negotiating Double Binds of In-Between: A Gendered Perspective of Formal and Informal Social Supports in Transnationality / Luann Good Gingrich ; Sisters in Struggle? Wars Between Daughter-in-Law and Migrant Worker / Frank T.Y. Wang. -- Part 4: Transnational Social Support and Biography. Migration Biographies and Transnational Social Support: Transnational Family Care and the Search for "Homelandmen" / Désirée Bender, Tina Hollstein, Lena Huber and Cornelia Schweppe ; Transnational Biographies: The Delimitation of Motherhood / Elisabeth Tuider. -- Part 5: Transnational Social Support: Unintended Consequences and Future Challenges ; The Missi…
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