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Author: Ann E. Weiss
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780761319146
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers young adults an in-depth look at the history of adoption while examining the changing policies that have been implemented over time, complete with a look at international, interracial, and interfaith adoptions.
Author: Anthony Douglas
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-09-02
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 1134518390
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdoption: Changing Families, Changing Times draws together contributions from all those with an interest in adoption: adopted people; birth parents and adoptive parents; practitioners and managers in the statutory and voluntary sectors; academics and policy makers. Chapters on research and policy are interspersed with those from people with first-hand experience of being adopted, becoming an adoptive parent or giving a child up for adoption. Together, they provide unique insights into a subject that although regularly in the media is often surrounded by prejudice and misconception. Topics covered include: * children and young people in care * trying to adopt * waiting for adoption * life after adoption * the politics of adoption. This accessible text offers a comprehensive view of adoption policy, practice and services and analyses why adoption has become so controversial. It provides professional and general reader alike with a fully rounded picture of adoption and exposes some of the myths surrounding it.
Author: Kerry O'Halloran
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-12-01
Total Pages: 511
ISBN-13: 1402091524
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book analyses the social and legal functions of adoption in selected societies worldwide, and reviews the current global wave of adoption law reform. The author explores trends such as inter-country adoption, and examines similarities and differences in the experience of many nations. The book also provides a window for testing the presumption that within and between cultures there exists a common understanding of what is meant by adoption.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Aging, Family, and Human Services
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 140
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Marianne Novy
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2011-05-06
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 0472024949
DOWNLOAD EBOOKImagining Adoption looks at representations of adoption in an array of literary genres by diverse authors including George Eliot, Edward Albee, and Barbara Kingsolver as well as ordinary adoptive mothers and adoptee activists, exploring what these writings share and what they debate. Marianne Novy is Professor of English and Women's Studies, University of Pittsburgh.
Author: Adam Pertman
Publisher: Harvard Common Press
Published: 2011-03-17
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1558327169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis revised edition of Pertman's award-winning book features updated information on every aspect of adoption and its changing role in American society. Pertman, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and father of two adopted children, offers an unflinching study of adoption policy and processes.
Author: Barbara A. Moe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2007-03-29
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 1598840304
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis compilation of the best thinking about adoption by both historical and current authorities reveals a vital, ever-changing practice affecting the lives of millions of people around the globe. The ancient practice of adoption has changed significantly through history. In colonial America, parents adopted out their unwanted children—those who were "rude, stubborn, and unruly"—to other families. Today, Americans go abroad looking for children to adopt, and have adopted more than a quarter million internationally. Adoption: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition not only traces the development of expert thinking about adoption, it also looks at both sides of the latest controversial issues. Should adoptions be open or closed? Should the government regulate adoptions more closely—or less? This updated second edition offers an international perspective with a new chapter on how countries outside the United States provide adoption services. This work is an indispensable resource for those thinking about adoption or researching its history.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Nancy E. Riley
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 141299800X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume examines adoption as a way of understanding the practices and ideology of kinship and family more generally. Adoption allows a window onto discussions of what constitute family or kin, the role of biological connectedness, oversight of parenting practices by the state, and the role of race, gender, sexuality, and socio-economic class in the building of families. The book focuses primarily on adoption practices in the US but will also use examples of adoption and fostering across cultures to put those American adoption practices into a comparative context. While reviewing practices of and issues surrounding adoption, the authors highlight the ways these practices and discussions allow us greater insight into overall practices of kinship and family.
