Adoption from Care - International Perspectives on Children's Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND. This book explores how children's rights are practised and weighed against parents' rights in a range of countries, and examines how governments and legal and welfare professionals balance those rights in the challenging circumstances following the decision that children cannot grow up in their parents' care. Looking at adoption from care in Europe and the United States, it provides in-depth analysis of concepts of family, contact, the child's best interest principle and human rights in adoption from care across these different socio-political and legal contexts. Taking an international comparative approach to these issues, this book provides best practice evidence on adoption processes and shares learning across country boundaries to help improve outcomes for all adopted children.

About the author

Tarja Pösö is Professor of Social Work at Tampere University. Marit Skivenes is Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism, at the University of Bergen June Thoburn is Emeritus Professor of Social Work at the University of East Anglia.

Product details

• Assisted by: Tarja Poesoe (Editor), Tarja Pösö (Editor), Marit Skivenes (Editor), June Thoburn (Editor)
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.05.2021
• EAN: 9781447351030
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-5103-0
• No. of pages: 286
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 439 g
• Series: Research in social work
• Subject: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development