Social Work, Marriage, and Ethnicity

Looking at a variety of racial and ethnic groups in society, this book examines the conventional knowledge, theories and best practices relating to marriages. Contributors address marriage interventions, female empowerment, parenting, and cohabitation, as well as the variables which impact these situations, such as employment, housing, domestic violence and HIV/AIDS. This book emboldens the case manager, community organizer, or immigration officer to address marital stresses and the demands faced by those couples most impacted by systemic inequality and barriers to cultural interventions. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.