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Mary Ann Davis - Children for Families or Families for Children - 9789400737938 - V9789400737938
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Children for Families or Families for Children

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Description for Children for Families or Families for Children Paperback. Emphasizing the need for a social demographic analysis of adoption, this volume discusses recent changes to adoption trends in the United States. These include a shift in focus from the benefits for adopters to the best interests of the adoptees, a decrease in the domestic availability of healthy white infants, and more. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 367.

Do adoptions provide children for families or families for children? This book analyzes the complex interactions between adopters and adoptees using historical and current data. Who are the preferred parents and children, both domestically and internationally? How do the types of adoptions-domestic adoptions, private and public through the foster care system, and intercountry adoptions-differ? Domestic trends include a shift to open adoptions and a notable increase in "hard to place", foster care adoptions-typically older, siblings, minorities, with physical, educational, or emotional challenges. Adoptive parents are increasingly all ages (including grandparents); all types of marriages (single, married and same-sex couples); all ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Series
The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400737938
SKU
V9789400737938
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Reviews for Children for Families or Families for Children
The book is a valuable attempt to offer a documented response to a relatively long list of questions about adoption patterns, which usually remian unanswered. European Journal of Population 28:2 (2012)

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