The Mainstreaming of Integration Governance and Social Work in the Local Integration of Immigrants

BALÁŽ, Roman and Lucia ČEMOVÁ. The Mainstreaming of Integration Governance and Social Work in the Local Integration of Immigrants. Sociální práce - Sociálna práca. Brno: Asociace vzdělavatelů v sociální práci, 2019, vol. 19, No 1, p. 94-109. ISSN 1213-6204.

Basic information

• Original name: The Mainstreaming of Integration Governance and Social Work in the Local Integration of Immigrants
• Authors: BALÁŽ, Roman (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Lucia ČEMOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Sociální práce - Sociálna práca, Brno, Asociace vzdělavatelů v sociální práci, 2019, 1213-6204.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50602 Public administration
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: článek, celé č. 1/2019 (open access),
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/19:00109090
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Keywords in English: social work; migration studies; immigrants; local integration; mainstreaming of integration governance
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the presented paper is to answer the question “How can social work promote the mainstreaming of integration governance in the local integration of immigrants?” THEORETICAL BASE: The relevant theoretical concepts of the research questions are conceptualized so that they connect two occasionally linked knowledge bases of migration studies and social work in the final discussion. METHODS: The presented paper is a theoretical analysis that emphasizes logical argumentation based on Kuhn's conception of cumulative science. OUTCOMES: Supporting individuals, optimising interactions and influencing power structures are presented as the possibilities of how social work can promote the mainstreaming of integration governance in the local integration of immigrants. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: The mainstreaming of integration governance offers a conceptual framework that is useful for 1) releasing social work practice from the target group perspective and 2) understanding how power structures (e.g. integration policy or social work practice itself) could produce negative phenomena such as institutional or state racism.

Links

• MUNI/A/1149/2016, interní kód MU: Name: Výzkumné projekty s publikačním záměrem v oblasti Sociální politika a sociální práce

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A