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Saving international adoption : an argument from economics and personal experience /

International adoption is in a state of virtual collapse, rates having fallen by more than half since 2004 and continuing to fall. Yet around the world millions of orphaned and vulnerable children need permanent homes, and thousands of American and European families are eager to take them in. Many g...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Montgomery, Mark, 1953 August 17- (Autor), Powell, Irene (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: why is international adoption collapsing?
  • Isata's story, part I: a tale of moral hazard in adoption
  • The obvious benefits of international adoption
  • Isata's story, part II: to save a daughter
  • Whose culture is being defended?
  • Isata's story, part III: birth culture shock
  • Is it culture or race?
  • Isata's story, part IV: an unlikely background for raising black children
  • Walking while black (WWB)
  • Isata's story, part V: from an all-black to an all-white world
  • Trafficking jam
  • Isata's story, part VI: why won't you tell us where Isata is?
  • Is adoption too commercial?
  • Isata's story, part VII: TCH responds to charges of deception
  • Objections: won't less regulation make things worse?
  • Isata's story, part VIII: after the reunion
  • Repugnant ideas that became mainstream
  • Adoption: joy and sadness.