1st Edition
Adoption in Japan Comparing Policies for Children in Need
192 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. 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
Biography
Peter Hayes, Toshie Habu
