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Liu, John M.; And Others – International Migration Review, 1991
Since 1965, there have been two chains of emigration from the Philippines, the largest source of Asian immigration to the United States. The entry modes used by each chain are examined to determine their effects on the composition of subsequent Filipino immigration and the strategies sponsors have pursued in both chains. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Development, Ethnic Groups, Family Mobility, Filipino Americans
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Bigby, Christine – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
The closure of institutions and relocation of people with intellectual disabilities to community living has been the focus of many nations' intellectual disability policies in the past three decades. The author studied the relocation of 58 people from a large institution to 11 small group homes in several Australian communities. Organizational…
Descriptors: Community Development, Employment Practices, Privatization, Mental Retardation
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Seller, Maxine Schwartz – Paedagogica Historica, 1996
Recounts a little known episode of World War II: the imprisonment of 28,000 anti-Nazi Jewish refugees in Great Britain. Explores how the refugees created a rich cultural and educational life out of these circumstances. They ran internment camp education programs, put on theatrical shows, and published a camp newspaper. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Civil Liberties, Community Development, Community Role