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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100415391814
ISBN-139780415391818
eBay Product ID (ePID)49213412
Product Key Features
Number of Pages176 Pages
Publication NameAdoption in Japan : Comparing Policies for Children in Need
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
SubjectEthnic Studies / General, Children's Studies, Public Policy / Social Policy, Adoption & Fostering
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaFamily & Relationships, Political Science, Social Science
AuthorToshie Habu, Peter Hayes
SeriesRoutledge Contemporary Japan Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight16.8 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2005-029321
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume NumberVol. 9
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal362.7340952
Table Of Content1. An Overview of Adoption in Japan 2. Special Adoption: A Liberal Policy in a Conservative Society 3. Loving Hands 4. The Motherly Network 5. A Christian Adoption Agency 6. The Doctor's Association 7. International Adoption 8. Transethnic Adoption 9. Comparing Institutional Care with Fostering and Adoption 10. Decision-Making in Matching 11. Problems of Power and Prospects for Reform. Appendix 1: Adoption Numbers. Appendix 2: Adoption, Surrogacy and Abortion
Synopsis"Adoption in Japan" tackles the innovative and sometimes controversial subject of the policies of adoption agencies in Japan. The book places special adoption and the context of a liberal reformist agenda that has challenged traditional concepts of the family through the efforts to place children with difficult family backgrounds, including mixed and minority ethnic backgrounds. It also considers the central policy issue of whether agencies should be given a free hand to create their own policies, or whether they should be more tightly regulated. Finally, the book analyses how different agency strategies for finding homes for hard to place children are related to different assumptions about the psychology and reasoning of prospective parents. "Adoption in Japan" will make a significant contribution to the academic literature in the fields of Japanese studies, public policy, social work and sociology. It will also be of interest to professionals involved in adoption agencies, specialist socialwork and adoption panels., The first book-length study of adoption in Japan, this impressive work tackles the innovative and sometimes controversial subject of the policies of adoption agencies in Japan. The book places special adoption in the context of a liberal reformist agenda that has challenged traditional concepts of the family through the efforts to place children with difficult family backgrounds, including mixed and minority ethnic backgrounds. Drawing on empirical source material gathered since the late 1980s, the authors consider the central policy issue of whether agencies should be given a free hand to create their own policies, or whether they should be more tightly regulated. Finally, the book analyzes how different agency strategies for finding homes for hard to place children are related to different assumptions about the psychology and reasoning of prospective parents. Adoption in Japan makes a significant contribution to the academic literature in the fields of Japanese studies, public policy, social work and sociology. It will also be of interest to professionals involved in adoption agencies, specialist social work and adoption panels., The first book-length study of adoption in Japan, this significant text tackles the innovative and sometimes controversial subject of the policies of adoption agencies in Japan.
LC Classification NumberHV875.58.J3H39 2006
