1,520
Views
22
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Negotiating Refugee Empowerment(s) in Resettlement Organizations

References

  • Albrecht, T. L. (1988). Communication and control in empowering organizations. In J. A. Anderson (Ed.), Communication Yearbook, 11 (pp. 380–390). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
  • Anthias, F. (2002). Where do I belong? Narrating collective identity and translocational positionality. Ethnicities, 2(4), 491–514. doi:10.1177/14687968020020040301
  • Ashcraft, K. L., & Kedrowicz, A. (2002). Self-direction or social support? Nonprofit empowerment and the tacit employment contract of organizational communication studies. Communication Monographs, 69(1), 88–110. doi:10.1080/03637750216538
  • Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman.
  • Bormann, E. G. (1988). “Empowering” as a heuristic concept in organizational communication. In J. A. Anderson (Ed.), Communication Yearbook, 11 (pp. 391–404). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101. doi:10.1191/1478088706qp063oa
  • Brick, K., Krill, A., Cushing-Savvi, McGlynn Scanlon, M., Elshafie, S., & Stone, M. (2010). Refugee resettlement in the United States: An examination of challenges and proposed solutions. New York: School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. Retrieved from http://www.rcusa.org/uploads/pdfs/Columbia%20SIPA%20Report,%205-10.pdf
  • Capps, R., & Newland, K. (2015). The integration outcomes of US refugees: Successes and challenges. Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute. Retrieved from http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/integration-outcomes-us-refugees-successes-and-challenges
  • Catholic Community Services. (2011). CSS checklist. Lincoln, NE: Author.
  • Chiles, A. M., & Zorn, T. E. (1995). Empowerment in organizations: Employees' perceptions of the influences on empowerment. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 23(1), 1–25. doi:10.1080/00909889509365411
  • Community Action Partnership. (2011). The CAA Network: Community Action Agencies Across America. Retrieved from http://www.communityactionpartnership.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=50
  • Dempsey, S. E. (2007). Negotiating accountability within international contexts: The role of bounded voice. Communication Monographs, 74(3), 311–332. doi:10.1080/03637750701543485
  • European Council on Refugees & Exiles. (2002). Position on the integration of refugees in Europe. Retrieved from http://www.ecre.org/component/downloads/downloads/168.html
  • Fraser, N. (1989). Unruly practices: Power, discourse, and gender in contemporary social theory. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
  • Harrell-Bond, B. (2002). Can humanitarian work with refugees be humane? Human Rights Quarterly, 24(1), 51–85.
  • Huntoon, L. (2001). Government use of nonprofit organizations to build social capital. Journal of Socio-Economics, 30(2), 157–160. doi:10.1016/s1053-5357(00)00097-4
  • Hyndman, J. (2000). Managing displacement: Refugees and the politicis of humanitarianism. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
  • Hynes, T. (2003). The issue of “trust” or “mistrust” in research with refugees: Choices, caveats and considerations for researchers Retrieved from Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees website: http://www.takeaction.unhcr.org/3fcb5cee1.pdf
  • Immigration and Nationality Act [updated], § Title IV, Chapter 2-Refugee Assistance (2013).
  • Korac, M. (2003). Integration and how we facilitate it: A comparative study of the settlement experiences of refugees in Italy and the Netherlands. Sociology, 37(1), 51–68. doi:10.1177/0038038503037001387
  • Lindlof, T. R., & Taylor, B. C. (2002). Qualitative communication research methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Malkki, L. H. (1996). Speechless emissaries: Refugees, humanitarianism, and dehistoricization. Cultural Anthropology, 11(3), 377–404. doi:10.1525/can.1996.11.3.02a00050
  • Mitchell, J., & Correa-Velez, I. (2010). Community development with survivors of torture and trauma: An evaluation framework. Community Development Journal, 45(1), 90–110. doi:10.1093/cdj/bsp003
  • Muggah, R. (2005). Distinguishing means and ends: The counterintuitive effects of UNHCR's community development approach in Nepal. Journal of Refugee Studies, 18(2), 151–164. doi:10.1093/refuge/fei018
  • Office of Refugee Resettlement. (2012). Mission. Retrieved from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/about/mission.htm
  • Office of the Spokesperson, U.S. Department of State. (2016, January 13). Refugee resettlement in the United States. Retrieved from http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2016/01/251176.htm
  • Papa, M. J., Auwal, M. A., & Singhal, A. (1997). Organizing for social change within concertive control systems: Member identification, empowerment, and the masking of discipline. Communication Monographs, 64(3), 219–249. doi:10.1080/03637759709376418
  • Papa, M. J., Singhal, A., Ghanekar, D. V., & Papa, W. H. (2000). Organizing for social change through cooperative action: The [dis]empowering dimensions of women's communication. Communication Theory, 10(1), 90–123. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2885.2000.tb00181.x
  • Patrick, E. (2004). The U.S. refugee resettlement program. Retrieved from http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=229
  • Rajaram, P. K. (2002). Humanitarianism and representations of the refugee. Journal of Refugee Studies, 15(3), 247–264. doi:10.1093/jrs/15.3.247
  • Rogers, E. M., & Singhal, A. (2003). Empowerment and communication: Lessons learned from organizing for social change. In P. J. Kalbfleisch (Ed.), Communication Yearbook, 27 (pp. 67–85). Newbury Park, CA: Taylor and Francis.
  • Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2004). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Sigona, N. (2014). The politics of refugee voices: Representations, narratives and memories. In E. Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, G. Loescher, K. Long, & N. Sigona (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of refugee and forced migration studies (pp. 369–382). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
  • Soguk, N. (1999). States and strangers: Refugees and displacements of statecraft. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
  • Stake, R. E. (1995). The art of case study research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Steimel, S. (2010). Dialectic tensions experienced by resettled Sudanese refugees in mediating organizations. International Journal of Communication, 4, 117–138. doi:1932-8036/20100117
  • Steimel, S. (2016). Negotiating knowledges and expertise in refugee resettlement organizations. Cogent Social Sciences, 2, 1–15. doi:10.1080/23311886.2016.1162990
  • Stokes, K., & Brasch, B. (1997). Case management and welfare reform in Nebraska. Public Welfare, 55(1), 33.
  • Tomlinson, F., & Egan, S. (2002). From marginalization to (dis)empowerment: Organizing training and employment services for refugees. Human Relations, 55(8), 1019–1043. doi:10.1177/0018726702055008182
  • Trethewey, A. (1997). Resistance, identity, and empowerment: A postmodern feminist analysis of clients in a human service organization. Communication Monographs, 64(4), 281–301. doi:10.1080/03637759709376425
  • UNHCR. (2015). UNHCR projected global resettlement needs: 2016. Retrieved from http://www.unhcr.org/558019729.html
  • United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. (2010). About migration and refugee services. Retrieved from http://www.nccbuscc.org/mrs/history.shtml
  • Zong, J., & Batalova, J. (2015). Refugees and asylees in the United States. Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute, Migration Information Source. Retrieved from http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/refugees-and-asylees-united-states

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.