ISBN:
9781498588904
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (335 pages)
Series Statement:
Crossing Borders in a Global World: Applying Anthropology to Migration, Displacement, and Social Change
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.906914
Keywords:
Refugees-Social networks-Case studies..
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Refugees-Social conditions-Case studies..
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Community organization-Case studies
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The Crux of Refugee Resettlement reenvisions third-country resettlement. Each contributor uses ethnography to highlight refugee voices and experiences. This collection showcases the ways in which community-based solutions rebuild social networks and counteract the alienating conditions of resettlement.
Abstract:
Cover -- The Crux of Refugee Resettlement -- Series Page -- The Crux of Refugee Resettlement: Rebuilding Social Networks -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Table -- Introduction -- Conceptual Frameworks -- Chapter 1 -- The Competing and Shifting Relevance of Social Capitals in Successful Refugee Resettlement -- The Research -- Refugee Resettlement, Social Networks, and Social Capital -- Anchor Cases versus Free Cases -- The Local Context -- Social Capital in Ninety Days or Less -- Shifting Relevance of Social Capital Networks -- Anchoring and Unmooring Social Capital -- Working Across (and Among) Groups -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Notes -- References Cited -- Chapter 2 -- Guatemalan Mayas in the American Midwest -- Context: Immigrants and Refugees from Latin America in the United States -- Mayas and their Culture of Migration -- Maya Migration to Omaha since the 1960s -- Migrant, Economic Migrant, Refugee, or Asylee? -- Transnational Maya Immigrants in Omaha, Nebraska: Ruptures, Sutures, and the Building of Social Capital -- Resettlement and Agency: Bonding, Bridging, and Linking Social Capital in Omaha -- Bonding Capital among the Q'anjob'als -- Working on Bonding and Linking Capital for Migration Purposes: The Case of Rolando Lorenzo-Nicolas -- Bridging Capital: Q'anjob'al Networks in the Midwest -- Beyond Social Capital Categories and Contemporary Migration Status of Native People in the Americas -- Commentary -- Notes -- References Cited -- Mental Health and Well-Being -- Chapter 3 -- Re-Imagining Home -- Figuring it Out: Project Design in an Unfamiliar Community -- Resilience Theory and Opportunities for Anthropologists -- Empowerment of and Learning from Social Networks: Toward Real Partnership -- Additional Insight into Social Networks.
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