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Contract Children
Daniela Danna
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Description for Contract Children
Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 261 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Surrogate motherhood is expanding all over the world. Debates rage over how public policy should consider the signing away of the parental rights of birth mothers in favor of a 'commissioning' couple or an individual. In this book, Daniela Danna describes the situation in English-speaking countries and worldwide, from California to Greece, presenting the legal alternatives regulating (or not) these peculiar exchanges. Should surrogacy remain a private agreement? Should it be treated as an enforceable contract? Are surrogate mothers workers? What happens inside the countries that have chosen different ways of handling this new and controversial matter? And, the most ... Read more
Surrogate motherhood is expanding all over the world. Debates rage over how public policy should consider the signing away of the parental rights of birth mothers in favor of a 'commissioning' couple or an individual. In this book, Daniela Danna describes the situation in English-speaking countries and worldwide, from California to Greece, presenting the legal alternatives regulating (or not) these peculiar exchanges. Should surrogacy remain a private agreement? Should it be treated as an enforceable contract? Are surrogate mothers workers? What happens inside the countries that have chosen different ways of handling this new and controversial matter? And, the most ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Stuttgart, Germany
ISBN
9783838208107
SKU
V9783838208107
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About Daniela Danna
Daniela Danna is a sociologist at the University of Milan who has taught on the subjects of economic sociology, world-systems analysis, methodology of the social science, social policy, and history of sociology. She is the author of a number of books and articles on violence against women, prostitution policy, lesbian and gay issues, population, and procreation. She is also the ... Read more
Reviews for Contract Children
"Reading this book is like climbing to the top of a mountain and surveying the landscape beneath. It clearly outlines the difficult and interconnected debates surrounding surrogacy."
Stefania Doglioli, President of the Centro Studi sul Pensiero Femminile and of the Associazione XXD "Intelligent, compelling and highly readable, Contract Children challenges us to rethink the meanings of motherhood, care, and ... Read more
Stefania Doglioli, President of the Centro Studi sul Pensiero Femminile and of the Associazione XXD "Intelligent, compelling and highly readable, Contract Children challenges us to rethink the meanings of motherhood, care, and ... Read more