With essays by well-known adoption practitioners and researchers who source empirical research and practical knowledge, this volume addresses key developmental,

In the past two decades, transnational adoption has exploded in scope and significance, growing up along increasingly globalized economic relations and the deve

Intercountry adoption represents a significant component of international migration; in recent years, up to 45,000 children have crossed borders annually as par

For over thirty years, Rita J. Simon and Howard Altstein have been studying transracial and intercountry adoptions. The families they have studied include white

While international adoptions have risen in the public eye and recent scholarship has covered transnational adoption from Asia to the U.S., adoptions between No