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

Roman Baláž, Lucia Čemová

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

Číslo: 1/2019
Periodikum: Sociální práce

Klíčová slova: social work, migration studies, immigrants, local integration, mainstreaming of integration governance

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Anotace: 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.