Helping professional practice with indigenous peoples : the Bedouin-Arab case / Alean Al-Krenawi, John R. Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Al-Krenawi, Alean.

Contributor:

Graham, John R. (John Russell), 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social workers--Arab countries.

Social workers.

Bedouins--Social conditions.

Bedouins.

Social service--Arab countries.

Social service.

Indigenous peoples--Social conditions.

Indigenous peoples.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

ix, 207 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2009]

Summary:

This book discusses issues helping professionals must confront when working with indigenous peoples, particularly the Bedouin-Arab. Northern-based helping professional theory and methods have historically been aloof to the concerns within such societies as the Bedouin-Arab, particularly regarding their culture and religion, family structure and group orientation, and cultural and religious strategies for dealing with psychosocial problems. The literature has made some strides in making its myriad epistemologies less culturally oppressive but much remains to be done. According to the authors, it is essential for social welfare practitioners, structures, and Bedouin-Arab communities to integrate paradigms, which the helping professional carries out in practice methods and which could lead to the ongoing emergence of a newer social work epistemology, better anchored to the needs and realities of the Bedouin-Arab world.

Contents:

Localization of helping professionals practice, education, and research

The Bedouin-Arab

Individual, group, and family interventions in Bedouin-Arab society : case vignettes

Polygamous family intervention : case vignettes

Helping professions in the context of blood vengeance

Traditional mediation and conflict resolution : collaboration with social workers at the level of the community

Case studies in cultural and religious healing practices

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-204) and index.

ISBN:

0761844074

9780761844075

OCLC:

266916166