The Adoption Revolution - Hardcover

Pertman, Adam

 
9780465056507: The Adoption Revolution
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0465056504 ISBN 13: 9780465056507
Verlag: Basic Books, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

An adoptive father and award-winning journalist reports on the metamorphosis of adoption, from a secretive, shameful process to an integral part of-and catalyst for change in-American family life. . Adoption, once a clandestine process shrouded in shame, is rapidly evolving into a radical new form that is both sweeping the nation and changing it. It is accelerating our transformation into a more multicultural and multiethnic country, even as it helps redefine our understanding of "family. " But negative stereotypes still remain, and new problems-mostly stemming from the corrosive influence of money-are becoming pervasive. Adoption Nation provides valuable insight into the pleasures and perils of adoption, while laying out the ways in which policymakers should revise our laws to improve the process, stop treating members of the "adoption triad" as second-class citizens, and remove the obstacles that keep the children who most need permanent homes from getting them. Filled with up-to-the-minute information and a wealth of dramatic real-life stories, Adoption Nation is essential reading for adoptive families, for anyone contemplating adopting a child, and for everyone touched by this extraordinary cultural transformation.

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An adoptive father and award-winning journalist reports on the metamorphosis of adoption, from a secretive, shameful process to an integral part of-and catalyst for change in-American family life. . Adoption, once a clandestine process shrouded in shame, is rapidly evolving into a radical new form that is both sweeping the nation and changing it. It is accelerating our transformation into a more multicultural and multiethnic country, even as it helps redefine our understanding of "family. " But negative stereotypes still remain, and new problems-mostly stemming from the corrosive influence of money-are becoming pervasive. Adoption Nation provides valuable insight into the pleasures and perils of adoption, while laying out the ways in which policymakers should revise our laws to improve the process, stop treating members of the "adoption triad" as second-class citizens, and remove the obstacles that keep the children who most need permanent homes from getting them. Filled with up-to-the-minute information and a wealth of dramatic real-life stories, Adoption Nation is essential reading for adoptive families, for anyone contemplating adopting a child, and for everyone touched by this extraordinary cultural transformation.

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Verlag
Basic Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0465056504
ISBN 13 
9780465056507
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
272
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