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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Intercountry Adoption"”.
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Intercountry Adoption: A Swiss Perspective
… first looks at the history and evolution of intercountry adoption and then considers possible risks and abuses in the process in the second part. The third part explores international legislation and procedural guidelines governing the practice of intercountry adoptions, beginning with the …
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The best interests of the child in intercountry adoption: a constructivist and comparative account
… the motivations for states to become involved in intercountry adoption. This includes both states that send children in intercountry adoption and states that receive children. The thesis explores the dynamic cycle of events that lead states to intercountry adoption participation. It then explores …
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A critical analysis of the legislative framework regulating intercountry adoption in South Africa and Ghana
… ‘foster placement, kafalah of Islamic law, adoption and placement in suitable institutions.’ The CRC also recognizes intercountry adoption as one of the many possible solutions to children deprived of a family environment or parental care. However, it is only considered as a last resort if …
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The littlest immigrants: the immigration and adoption of foreign orphans
… families. Those children accounted for 18,000 adoptions in 1984 and 1985, or 20 percent of non-relative adoptions in the United States. This rapidly increasing class of immigrants is subject to Federal regulation of immigration and to State regulation of adoption. Visa petitions for foreign …
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Adoption reunions: an exploratory study of the ‘lived experience’ of Irish adult intercountry adoptees who have reunions with their birth families in the digital age
… internationally to Ireland. It examines how intercountry adoptees have reunions with their birth families online and in-person, and how experiences of contact and reunion with their birth family contribute to their identity construction. The rationale for studying reunion in intercountry …
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The well-being and identities of 14- to 26-year-old intercountry adoptees and their non-adopted migrant peers in Western Australia
Intercountry adoption is a globally politicised institution that triggers strong discourses about whether transplantation to a markedly different country and culture, often into families with racially different parents, negatively affects the children ' s well-being and identity. Although empirical …
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The protection of the rights of families of origin in inter-country adoption: an African context
… the rights of parents be adequately protected in intercountry adoption in an African context? Inter-country adoption is recognised as one of the alternative care options for children deprived of parental or family care. However, it is only considered as a ‘last resort' when the child cannot be …
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Decision Making and the Adoption Process for American Families of Chinese Children: An Application of Rational Choice Theory
… motivation to adopt, decision making regarding adoption and the process in relation to rational choice theory. The interviews also inquired about their required adoption trip to China and the post-adoption adjustment phase including bonding and developmental delays, as well as about why families …