3. Transnational Social Networks and Social Development: Hometown Associations in Mexico and the United States

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Part I. The Context of Transmigration
4. 1. An Introduction to Transnational Social Work 3
5. 2. Economic Globalization and Transnational Migration: An Anti-oppressive Framework 20
6. 3. Transnational Social Networks and Social Development: Hometown Associations in Mexico and the United States 36
7. 4. Environmental Decline and Climate Change: Fostering Social and Environmental Justice on a Warming Planet 52
8. 5. Toward Sustainable Development: From Theory to Praxis 76
9. Part II. Services to Transmigrants
10. 6. Social Work Practice with Victims of Transnational Human Trafficking 111
11. 7. Social Work Practice in Refugee Resettlement 124
12. 8. Transnational Men 135
13. 9. The Unintended Consequences of Migration: Exploring the Importance of Transnational Migration Between Ecuador and New York 147
14. 10. Migrant Workers in South Africa and the United Arab Emirates 159
15. 11. Using Internet Technology for Transnational Social Work Practice and Education 176
16. 12. Macro Social Work Practice with Transmigrants 191
17. 13. Incorporating Transnational Social Work into the Curriculum 205
18. 14. New Practice Frontiers: Current and Future Social Work with Transmigrants 222
19. Index 243