Mapping the Theoretical Foundations of the Social Work-Migration Nexus

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5711348
AutoresErica Righard (0000-0002-2296-7672, Malmö University), P Boccagni (0000-0001-8379-8561, University of Trento, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen13
Número3
Páginas229-244
Fecha de publicación2015-07-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1556-2948 • E-ISSN: 1556-2956
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15562948.2015.1035473
OpenAlexW2132004247
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas26

This article revisits the social work–migration nexus by investigating the implications of the debate on mobility and transnationalism. The conceptual boundary between migration as single-directed movement and as an extended and multidirected process has been much discussed across the social sciences but not yet fully in social work. However, the dialectic of sedentarism versus mobility makes for a key challenge to the arrangements and the tacit assumptions of this field of research and practice. Building on an innovative analytical framework and on a variety of examples, we highlight the friction between sedentarism and mobility as central to social work with immigrants and their families

Boundary-work · Conceptual framework · Dialectic · Economic geography · Epistemology · Geography · Immigration · Political science · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Transnationalism · Computer Science · Homelessness and Social Issues · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Social Work Education and Practice