The formal procedure by which a non-citizen of a country obtains citizenship in that nation at birth is known as naturalization. Usually, a request or application is made, and the authorities must approve it. Different countries have different requirements for naturalisation, but typically, they involve swearing allegiance to the country's laws, taking an oath of devotion, and fulfilling certain requirements like having a minimum amount of legal residency and having sufficient knowledge of the prevailing language or culture.
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Social Constructivism vs. Pragmatism: A Search for a Suitable Social Work Paradigm for Research on Immigrants
Copyright: © 2024
|Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-1726-6.ch007
Abstract
Migration is one of the most significant areas where we can connect social work research, with an estimated 281 million people living outside of their country of birth in 2020. Given the social work profession's commitment to serving marginalised and disadvantaged populations, it must acknowledge the importance of researching immigrants. The primary problem with immigrant studies is that there are no unified paradigms, and this is a subject of ongoing discussion in social work research. However, a number of paradigms, such as constructivism, post-positivism, participatory action frameworks, pragmatism, etc., frame and construct modern social work research. To determine which paradigm is best for researching immigrants, this chapter primarily examines the paradigms of social constructivism and pragmatism. It concludes that social constructivism is the best paradigm for this type of research.