Intercountry Adoption: A Multinational Perspective

Howard Altstein

ISBN 10: 0275932877 / ISBN 13: 9780275932879

Published by Praeger (UK), 1990

About this Item

Describing experiences of foreign-born adoptees and their families, this book provides a brief history of intercountry adoption, specifying rules and procedures employed in various countries and evaluating the successes and failures in seven nations. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DFGW; 1DND; 1DNN; 1FBH; 1KBB; 1KBC; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 492. . 1990. First Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intercountry Adoption: A Multinational Perspective
• Publisher: Praeger (UK)
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275932877
• ISBN 13: 9780275932879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Howard Altstein and Rita Simon are the editors of this volume which describes the experiences of foreign born adoptees and their families. Countries discussed include the United States, Canada, Norway, West Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Israel. Agency sponsored intercountry adoption (ICA) first began with the end of World War II when European orphans were adopted by American families. This book provides a brief history of intercountry adoption; specifies the rules and procedures employed in the various countries; and evaluates the pros and cons and successes and failures in the seven nations.

For each country the book provides information on the number of transracial and intercountry adoptions since the end of World War II (or 1960). It discusses each country's formal statutes on transracial and intercountry adoption, and describes the organizations and/or social movements advocating such adoptions as well as those opposing them. The editors conclude with a summary, drawn from the case studies, which assesses the successes and failures of the adoption policies and experiences. Compiled by leading scholars in the adoption field, this volume is designed for use by social workers, adoption agencies, sociologists, and psychologists.

About the Author

RITA J. SIMON is Professor of Justice at American University. She has written extensively on law, justice, and societal issues. Among her earlier publications are In the Golden Land: A Century of Russian and Soviet Jewish Immigration (Praeger, 1997) and Rabbis, Lawyers, Immigrants, Thieves: Women's Roles in America (Praeger, 1993).