The Kinning of Foreigners: Transnational Adoption in a Global Perspective

by Signe Howell

Book Overview

Since the late nineteen sixties, transnational adoption has emerged as a global phenomenon. Due to a sharp decline in infants being made available for adoption locally, involuntarily childless couples in Western Europe and North America who wish to create a family, have to look to look to countries in the poor South and Eastern Europe. The purpose of this book is to locate transnational adoption within a broad context of contemporary Western life,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845453301
• ISBN13: 9781845453305
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"