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Bosnian Refugees in America

New Communities, New Cultures

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  • © 2006

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Authors:
  1. Reed Coughlan

    1. Department of Sociology Empire State College, State University of New York, Utica

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  2. Judith Owens-Manley

    1. The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center, Hamilton College, Clinton

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  • Unique contribution
  • It emerges from a structured research project and combines aspects of research and sociology or social work
  • Addresses understanding the context of war and resettlement, patterns of social adjustment, and implications for practitioners in refugee communities. Although these are considered for one ethnic group, the Bosnians, the in-depth telling of the story of their resettlement in upstate New York has implications for those working with other groups of refugees and immigrants
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Part of the book series: Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice (CSRP)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Community Research and Practice with Refugees: An Overview

    Pages 1-11

  3. A Conceptual Framework for Research and Practice

    Pages 13-25

  4. Bosnians in Utica: A Community Context

    Pages 27-40

  5. “The Beautiful Life” and the Run Up to War

    Pages 41-57

  6. The Violence of War

    Pages 59-80

  7. Displacement and Transit: Traumatic Stress in the Lives of Refugees

    Pages 81-95

  8. Resettlement: The First Year

    Pages 97-110

  9. Learning the Ropes

    Pages 111-130

  10. Challenges to Psychosocial Wellness

    Pages 131-147

  11. Acculturation: Bosnians in Utica

    Pages 149-158

  12. Sociological and Social Work Practice: Implications for Humanitarian Work with Refugees in Resettlement

    Pages 159-178

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 179-197
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About this book

In April of 1992, war began in Bosnia. Sarajevo, site of the 1984 Winter Olympics, and, we were told, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, became a city under siege. For all of the people of Bosnia, life shifted in unimaginable ways in a matter of hours, days, or weeks. An immediate exodus began from Bosnia, and people who had never anticipated leaving their country became refugees, dependent upon a world system of resettlement for displaced persons. This book relates the experiences of a hundred Bosnian families who came to Utica, a town in upstate New York. Bosnians in Utica came here as refugees - ginning in 1993, having ?ed from the wars of succession in the former Yugoslavia. Our study evolved over several years as a result of our interests in the war in Bosnia and the massive ?ow of refugees that it precipitated. We began work on the project in the late 1990s as we set out to learn about the war and to explore refugee experiences of displacement, transit, and resettlement. Our intent is to portray the experience of Bosnian refugees in one American city and to capture, in their words, in as much detail as possible their adjustment to a new community and a new culture.

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"For those who find Bosnians among their New American neighbors and clients, this book is essential reading. … Couglan and Owens-Manley provide an in-depth look at the history, culture, and stories of the Bosnian refugee population, which results in a deepened understanding of our Bosnian neighbors ... . The suggested interventions make this a practical work in addition to being an informative one. … this volume would contribute significantly to the education of future social work practitioners, particularly in courses designed to teach cultural responsiveness." (Mary Dugan, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 51 (28), July, 2006)

"Coughlan and Owens-Manley’s book … have the aim of enabling the reader to understand who the Bosnian refugees are, where they came from and what they lived through and survived, and as a way of interpreting evidence of psychopathology or lesser disturbance which might impact on the resettlement experience. … advance the literature on an important feature of recent European refugee history." (Gregory Kent, British Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 39 (5), 2008)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology Empire State College, State University of New York, Utica

    Reed Coughlan

  • The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center, Hamilton College, Clinton

    Judith Owens-Manley

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