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?I felt like an alien who fell down to earth, not understanding the rules of the game, making all the possible mistakes, saying all the wrong things.? ?Your whole life is in the hands of other people who do not always mean well and there is nothing you can do about it. They can decide to send you away and you have no control.? ?The moment I enter the house, I shelve my American self and become the 'little obedient wife' that my husband wants me to be.? ?The most difficult part is to find myself again. At the beginning I lost myself.? This jargon-free book documents and analyzes the experie

"This book documents and analyzes the experience of immigration from the female perspective. With case studies of immigration to the United States, Australia, and Israel, as well as helpful lists of relevant organizations and Web site/Internet addresses, Immigrants Women Tell Their Stories is for everyone who wants to learn or teach about immigration, especially its female face."--Jacket

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- About the Author -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Part I: The Nature and History of Stepfamilies -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Changing Context of Stepfamilies -- Chapter 2: Stepfamilies: Who Are They? -- What Is a Stepfamily? -- How Many Stepfamilies Are There? -- A Short History of Stepfamilies -- What Do We Know About Stepfamilies? A Critical Review of Empirical and Clinical Knowledge -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Characteristic Features of Stepfamilies -- Structural Characteristics of Stepfamilies -- Dynamic Characteristics of Stepfamilies -- Developmental Characteristics of Stepfamilies -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Key Issues of Stepfamilies -- Past Orientation: The Attitude of the Stepfamily Toward the Past -- Acceptance/Rejection of Difference: The Self-Perception of the Family vis-à-vis Other Types of Families -- The Dominant Substructure of the Family: The Focal Subsystem -- Summary -- Part II: Types of Stepfamilies-An Innovative Classification -- Chapter 5: Integrated Stepfamilies: Combining Then and Now Around the Couple -- Profile of Integrated Stepfamilies -- Combining Past and Present -- Acknowledging Differences -- Marital Focal Subsystem -- Characteristics of the Integrated Nature of the Family -- Typical Issues -- Case Illustration: The Everest Family -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Invented Stepfamilies: The Time Is Now and the Family Is the Focus -- Profile of Invented Stepfamilies -- Discarding the Past: The Time Is Now -- Denial of Differences: We Are a Regular Family -- A Parental Focal Subsystem -- Main Issues: Invented Families-Whose Invention? -- Case Illustration: The Fox Family -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Imported Stepfamilies: Living the "There and Then" in the "Here and Now -- Profile of Imported Stepfamilies -- Reliving the Past in the Present.

Recognition has been growing of the importance and unique challenges of studying the experience and related personal and relationship outcomes in marginalized populations (e.g. nonwhites, non-heterosexual, indigenous people, those impacted by poverty, physical disability and mental illness, victims of domestic violence). Traditional social research yielded limited knowledge about such population groups due to issues of positionality, limited accessibility and stigmatization. Partcipatory and qualitative methods offered some culturally sensitive effective strategies for generating relevant knowledge about 'hidden' populations that were excluded from past research. The constant development of technology expands the possibilities for such research by offering innovative ways to address some of the aforementioned challenges in accessing previously hard to reach population groups and collecting rich data especially relative to sensitive topics. These developments raised debates regarding ethical, logistic and methodological issues including the potential impact of social desirability and differential access to technology. Informed by a review of available knowledge about groups in the half shadows and about using technology for social research, this article discusses and uses two case examples to illustrate employing technology-assisted research of populations under the radar. Future research should continue to focus on identifying additional uses of technology to further develop ways of generating knowledge about those who have been 'in the half shadow' to inform the development of appropriate services, intervention strategies and policies that can help enhance social justice.

This article describes two participant observations of birdwatchers, which occurred by serendipity. Characteristics of personal and interpersonal behavior patterns are identified and illustrated. Specifically, four themes including total immersion and dedication to details of birders as well the collaborative-competitive nature of their interactions and sub-culture are discussed in the context of available knowledge about subcultures in other types of sports and leisure activities. Methodological and ethical aspects of unplanned participant observation are also addressed.

This article reports and illustrates challenges encountered by those who were born and raised in an insular Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and opted to transition to the modern world. Based on content analysis of the narratives shared by means of in-depth interviews with 19 men and women from the NY metropolitan area, social, intellectual, legal, logistic, and financial challenges were identified. Reported strategies for coping with these challenges included reaching compromises and reasoning, relocating to a different geographical area, often to states with a small Jewish population, pretending, developing a "thick skin," catching up and reinventing. These findings are discussed using a stress and copying conceptual framework. Implications for practice and directions for future research are suggested.

This article addresses potential effects on reflexivity of researcher's social position (e.g. gender, age, race, immigration status, sexual orientation), personal experiences, and political and professional beliefs. Because reflexivity is a major strategy for quality control in qualitative research, understanding how it may be impacted by the characteristics and experiences of the researcher is of paramount importance. Benefits and challenges to reflexivity under three types of researcher's position are discussed and illustrated by means of case examples: (1) reflexivity when researcher shares the experience of study participants, (2) reflexivity when researcher moves from the position of an outsider to the position of an insider in the course of the study, and (3) reflexivity when researcher has no personal familiarity or experience with what is being studied. Strategies are offered for harvesting the benefits of researcher's familiarity with the subject and for curbing its potentially negative effects. Directions for future research are suggested.

• Summary: This article identifies challenges to the implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) as a result of the dearth of empirical knowledge relevant to issues and populations typically addressed by social workers leading to practitioners' being trapped between the demand and desire to practice on the basis of evidence and the unavailability of the necessary knowledge. Strategies for addressing the issue are offered.• Findings: The current professional environment requires social workers to employ EBP. Contemporary literature has identified components, principles and steps of EBP as well as practitioners' and organizational-related barriers to implementing it, including lack of resources (time, access to technology, capacity to train practitioners in new treatment modalities), organizational culture, reluctance to change, absence of leadership commitment, and, conflicting as well as inconsistent findings. Specifically, the absence of knowledge about minority population groups and relational issues is discussed as a barrier to effective EBP.• Application: Strategies to bridge the gap and make research relevant to issues and populations faced by practitioners are suggested, including practitioners' involvement with and leading of relevant research with the support of consultants, collaboration with researchers and developing their own research skills as well as conducting knowledge needs assessment and population-specific and action research.

Für qualitative Forschung steht eine Fülle an Softwarepaketen zur Analyse von Texten und von visuellen Daten zur Verfügung. Das hier besprochene Buch bietet interessierten Nutzer/innen einen Überblick über Stärken und Schwächen der drei gebräuchlichsten und vier weiterer Analyseprogramme und unterstützt so die Auswahl des für die je konkrete Person, Forschungsfrage und Studie geeigneten Programmpakets.