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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460997503321

Titolo

Intercountry adoption debate : dialogues across disciplines / / edited by Robert L. Ballard, Naomi H. Goodno, Robert F. Cochran and Jay A. Milbrandt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

ISBN

1-4438-7995-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (747 p.)

Disciplina

362.734

Soggetti

Intercountry adoption

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; SECTION 1:; SECTION 2:; SECTION 3:; SECTION 4:; SECTION 5:; SECTION 6:; SECTION 7:; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Meaningful discussion about intercountry adoption (the adoption of a child from one country by a family from another country) necessitates an understanding of a complex range of issues. These issues intersect at multiple levels and processes, span geographic and political boundaries, and emerge from radically different cultural beliefs and systems. The result is a myriad of benefits and costs that are both global and deeply personal in scope. This edited volume introduces this complexity an...