Intercountry Adoption - A Multinational Perspective

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.

List of contents

Introduction
North America
Intercountry Adoptions: Experiences of Families in the United States
Adoption of Native Children in Canada: A Policy Analysis and a Research Report
Western Europe
Norway: Intercountry Adoptions in a Homogeneous Country Barbro Saetersdal and Monica Dalen
International Adoption in West Germany: A Private Affair
The Conditions of 18-25-Year-Old Foreign-Born Adoptees in Denmark
Intercountry Adoption Coming of Age in The Netherlands: Basic Issues, Trends, and Developments
The Middle East
Foreign Adoptions in Israel: Private Paths to Parenthood
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

Howard Altstein, Rita J. Simon

Product details

• Authors: Altstein Howard, Rita Simon
• Assisted by: Howard Altstein (Editor), Rita James Simon (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.11.1990
• EAN: 9780275932879
• ISBN: 978-0-275-93287-9
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; USA, Israel, Canada, Denmark, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Norway, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian, Netherlands, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, West Germany, Civics and citizenship, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, Current Events and Issues