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Intercountry Adoption - Policies, Practices, and Outcomes (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Intercountry Adoption - Policies, Practices, and Outcomes (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Contemporary Social Work Studies
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Intercountry adoption represents a significant component of
international migration; in recent years, up to 45,000 children
have crossed borders annually as part of the intercountry adoption
boom. Proponents have touted intercountry adoption as a natural
intervention for promoting child welfare. However, in cases of
fraud and economic incentives, intercountry adoption has been
denounced as child trafficking. The debate on intercountry adoption
has been framed in terms of three perspectives: proponents who
advocate intercountry adoption, abolitionists who argue for its
elimination, and pragmatists who look for ways to improve both the
conditions in sending countries and the procedures for intercountry
transfer of children. Social workers play critical roles in
intercountry adoption; they are often involved in family support
services or child relinquishment in sending countries, and in
evaluating potential adoptive homes, processing applications, and
providing support for adoptive families in receiving countries;
social workers are involved as brokers and policy makers with
regard to the processes, procedures, and regulations that govern
intercountry adoption. Their voice is essential in shaping
practical and ethical policies of the future. Containing 25
chapters covering the following five areas: policy and regulations;
sending country perspectives; outcomes for intercountry adoptees;
debate between a proponent and an abolitionist; and pragmatists'
guides for improving intercountry adoption practices, this book
will be essential reading for social work practitioners and
academics involved with intercountry adoption.
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