Adoption (Global Viewpoints)

Editor Diane Andrews Henningfeld takes your readers on a tour of various cultures' views on adoption. Essays explore global trends in adoption, addressing such topics as transnational adoption and celebrity adoption. Readers will explore corruption, legal and social issues faced by same-sex adoptive parent, and the role of gender, race, and ethnicity in adoption. Essays examine the rights of adoptive parents, birth parents, and adoptees. Primary sources, including speeches and government documents, join essays from international magazines and news sources for a truly panoramic view. Helpful features include an annotated table of contents, a world map and country index, bibliography, and subject index. This series provides readers with the information they need to think critically about the worldwide implications of global issues; each volume focuses on a controversial topic of worldwide importance and offers a panoramic view of opinions.; This title explores global trends in adoption, addressing such topics as transnational adoption; celebrity adoption; corruption; legal and social issues faced by same-sex adoptive parents; the role of gender, race, and ethnicity in adoption; and the right; By illuminating the complexities and interrelations of the global community, this excellent resource helps students and other researchers enhance their global awareness. Each volume focuses on a controversial topic of worldwide importance and offers a pan Contains twenty-four articles that provide perspectives on adoption as it relates to policies worldwide, gender, race, rights of parents, and other related topics Examines the issue of adoption from a variety of international perspectives