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Transnational social work practice

Transnational social work practice China Journal of Social Work, 2013 Vol. 6, No. 1, 94–98 BOOK REVIEWS Transnational social work practice, edited by Nalini Junko Negi and Rich Furman, New York, Columbia University Press, 2010, 248 pp., US$46.06 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-231- 14448-3 The notion of ‘transnational migration’ is relatively new – or even unknown – to many social workers and this book sets out to examine this phenomenon and to articulate the implications for social work policies and practices. The book is an edited collection comprising 14 chapters in two parts: the context of transmigration (Chapters 1–5) and services to transmigrants (Chapters 6–14). References follow each chapter and there is an index but no information about the authors. Indeed, the book is generally slanted to the US situation and market although there is some recognition that this is not a phenomenon peculiar to the crossing of borders between the US and Latin American countries (see later). Furman and Negi (2007) were early exponents of the challenges faced by migrants who seek work in one country for the purposes of supporting family ‘back home’, although in Chapter 1 of this book they and co-author Salvador attribute use of the term ‘transnational social work’ to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png China Journal of Social Work Taylor & Francis

Transnational social work practice

Lyons, Karen
China Journal of Social Work , Volume 6 (1): 3 – Apr 1, 2013
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China Journal of Social Work, 2013 Vol. 6, No. 1, 94–98 BOOK REVIEWS Transnational social work practice, edited by Nalini Junko Negi and Rich Furman, New York, Columbia University Press, 2010, 248 pp., US$46.06 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-231- 14448-3 The notion of ‘transnational migration’ is relatively new – or even unknown – to many social workers and this book sets out to examine this phenomenon and to articulate the implications for social work policies and practices. The book is an edited collection comprising 14 chapters in two parts: the context of transmigration (Chapters 1–5) and services to transmigrants (Chapters 6–14). References follow each chapter and there is an index but no information about the authors. Indeed, the book is generally slanted to the US situation and market although there is some recognition that this is not a phenomenon peculiar to the crossing of borders between the US and Latin American countries (see later). Furman and Negi (2007) were early exponents of the challenges faced by migrants who seek work in one country for the purposes of supporting family ‘back home’, although in Chapter 1 of this book they and co-author Salvador attribute use of the term ‘transnational social work’ to

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