Social Work Practice with Asian Americans

1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-8039-3810-6
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 356 g

Reihe: SAGE Sourcebooks for the Human Services

From the resettlement experiences of Indochinese refugees to the cross-generational differences of early Japanese immigrants and their descendants, this impressive volume provides vital information on the issues, needs and services for Asian Americans. Written by an outstanding collection of scholars, Social Work Practice with Asian Americans offers a comprehensive treatment of social work theory and practice as they relate to Asian Americans. The contributors stress the profound differences between the value systems of Asian Americans and mainstream American culture by including descriptions of recently arrived immigrants and refugees and their resettlement in the United States. They also analyze the continued adjustment of descendants; offer models, frameworks, and concepts for effective social service practices; discuss problems experienced by adolescent gangs, Korean American elderly and minority women; introduce successful intervention methods; and cite implications for social work education and practice with Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. With thousands of Asian Americans residing in the United States, and thousands more entering each year as immigrants and refugees, Social Work Practice with Asian Americans is essential reading for students and professionals in social work, ethnic studies, psychiatry, public health, gender studies, and gerontology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Furuto, Sharlene Maeda

Biswas, Renuka

Chung, Douglas

Ross-Sheriff, Fariyal

Furuto, Sharlene

Murase, Kenji

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface - Shanti Khinduka
PART ONE: ASIAN AMERICANS: HISTORY, CULTURE, AND ADAPTATION
History of Asian Americans - Rowena Fong
Asian Cultural Commonalities - Douglas K Chung
Adaptation and Integration into American Society - Fariyal Ross-Sheriff
PART TWO: MICRO LEVEL INTERVENTION PRACTICES AND PROGRAMS
The Appropriateness of Personality Theories for Social Work with Asian Americans - Noreen Mokuau and Jon Matsuoka
Vietnamese Women Immigrants and Refugees in the US - Judith Shepherd
Models of Service Delivery in Asian American Communities - Kenji Murase
PART THREE: MACRO INTERVENTION: POLICY AND PLANNING
Confucian Model of Social Transformation - Douglas K Chung
The Economic Well-Being of Asian/Pacific Islander Female-Headed Households - Kathleen M McInnis
Policy Implications of Factors Associated with Economic Self-Sufficiency of Southeast Asian Refugees - Chi Kwong Law and Leonard Schneiderman
PART FOUR: LIFE CYCLE: VULNERABLE GROUPS
Trans-Ethnic Adolescence Confluence and Conflict - Brij Mohan
Support Networks of Sri Lankan Women Living in the US - Pauline Meemeduma
Battered Korean Women in Urban US - Young Song
Korean Elderly - Paul H Kim and Jung-Sup Kim
Asian Americans in the Future - Sharlene Maeda Furuto and Kenji Murase