Current Controversies - Issues in Adoption (paperback edition) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0737716266 ISBN 13: 9780737716269

Publisher: Greenhaven Press, 2003

Synopsis

Adoption as practiced in the United States raises profound personal questions for those involved as well as broader social issues. The needs and wants of biological parents, adoptive parents, and children can often clash. This anthology features both the views of social policy experts and people intimately involved in adoption.

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Review:

"This anthology includes essays that initially appeared in periodicals, newspapers, books, government documents, and public and private organizational publications...A balanced presentation for highly controversial views, the selections differ in style and polish; some are carefully reasoned, and others are emotionally charged. Three major sections explore the dimensions of the problem, its causes, and possible remedies. Pulling no punches, this title covers its subjects well. Useful for research, for reports, and for debates."
-- School Library Journal (November 2001) (School Library Journal 20011101)

"I have almost every series Greenhaven Press has published and love them all..These titles will be a gret resource for current events, history, and speech classes and debate teams. Highly Recommended."
--Library Media Connection (August/September 2004) (Library Media Connection 20040901)

"This wide-ranging entry in the Current Controversies series gives readers information for reports as well as for making personal choices. The writing is more intellectual than impassioned, and supporting evidence usually comes from respected sources that young readers will likely recognize and trust. Rich materials for many curricular disciplines."
-- Booklist (May 2002) (Booklist 20020501)

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenhaven Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0737716266
• ISBN 13: 9780737716269
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Dudley William