Social Work, Marriage, and Ethnicity

Policy and Practice

Bibliographic Data

ID2168588
AuthorsColita Nichols Fairfax (0009-0003-3271-610X, Norfolk State University)
Year2014
Volume24
Issue2
Pages83-91
Publication date2014-02-17
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10911359.2014.848669
OpenAlexW2067287038
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited23

This article provides a discussion about marriage with regard to social work policy and practice with cultural groups that experience life differently from predominantly White America. Marriage is influenced by culture, tradition, and economic reality supporting or hindering the success of marriages. Often, parenting is influenced by marriage, as roles are shared and meted through the resources provided by marriage. As an introduction, this article explains the unique contribution of each article in the special issue, showing the need for social work to respond more critically, urgently, and in threefold systemic fashion to create change in the lives of historically vulnerable populations in U.S. society

Criminology · Ethnic group · Political science · Social policy · Sociology · White (mutation · Work (physics · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work · Gender Studies · Law · Social Psychology

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