The Routledge Handbook of Social Work and Migration

This handbook provides a comprehensive study of social work and migration internationally. It offers an original, intellectually strong and professionally coherent account of how social work with migration is shaped and practiced internationally, exploring ongoing and new debates and key areas such as conceptual foundations, migration policies, methods and innovations in practice, research and educational methodologies as well as lived experiences, opportunities and challenges for migrants and social workers.

The book is divided into four parts:

• More Than One Theory for Social Work and Migration: A Critical Overview

• Working with Migrants: Social Work Practice and Experiences

• Teaching and Learning About Migration: The Role of Social Work Education

• Social Work Research and Migration: Ethics and Methodological Challenges

The book also comprises 30 newly written chapters and brings together established and up-and-coming academics from different regions.

It will be required reading for all scholars, students and social work practitioners.

Sofia Dedotsi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Work at the University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.

Elena Cabiati is a registered social worker and Full Professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (campuses of Milano and Brescia), Italy.

Emilio José Gómez-Ciriano is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Work (Cuenca Campus) at Castilla-la Mancha University, Spain.