Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption: The De-Kinning of First Mothers
Author:   Riitta Högbacka
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
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9781137524744


Pages:   282
Publication Date:   30 January 2017
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Author:   Riitta Högbacka
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   4.854kg
ISBN:  

9781137524744


ISBN 10:   113752474
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   30 January 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: the global in the family.- 2. Adoption and family in the Global North and South.- 3. The making of the adoptive family: choosing family.- 4. The un-making of the family of origin: adoption social workers as intermediaries.- 5. First mothers’ stunted choices.- 6. Inequality among first mothers: the power of resources.- 7. Re-making family: the struggle over belonging.- 8. Contact over time.- 9. Conclusion: re-kinning first mothers          

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Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2017 Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption certainly represents a valuable contribution to the literature on transnational adoption, but in its methodology and framing, also offer insights into the workings of adoption more broadly. (Derek Kirton, Critical Social Policy, Vol. 38 (2), 2018) This well-written, informative book reports the author's comprehensive examination of the experienced joys and challenges of transnational adoption. ... Hoegbacka creates one of the most authentic analyses of the dynamics of international adoption ever written. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries. (J. C. Altman, Choice, Vol. 55 (2), October, 2017)


Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2017 This well-written, informative book reports the author's comprehensive examination of the experienced joys and challenges of transnational adoption. ... Hoegbacka creates one of the most authentic analyses of the dynamics of international adoption ever written. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries. (J. C. Altman, Choice, Vol. 55 (2), October, 2017)


Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2017


Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2017 “Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption certainly represents a valuable contribution to the literature on transnational adoption, but in its methodology and framing, also offer insights into the workings of adoption more broadly.” (Derek Kirton, Critical Social Policy, Vol. 38 (2), 2018) “This well-written, informative book reports the author’s comprehensive examination of the experienced joys and challenges of transnational adoption. ... Högbacka creates one of the most authentic analyses of the dynamics of international adoption ever written. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries.” (J. C. Altman, Choice, Vol. 55 (2), October, 2017)


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Riitta Högbacka is Lecturer in the Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland.

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