Adoption in Japan
Subtitle: comparing policies for children in need
By: by Peter Hayes and Toshie Habu.
Contributors: Habu, Toshie, 1967-
Series: Routledge contemporary Japan series ;; 9
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Adoption -- Japan; Special needs adoption -- Japan; Adoption agencies -- Japan
Description: "Adoption in Japan looks at how agencies have responded to the challenge of placing children in special adoptions. Through interviews with parents and agency directors, it examines how parents are selected and matched with children, and compares the effectiveness of tacit bargaining and trial placements in helping to find homes for children in need. Drawing on empirical source material gathered since the late 1980s, the book questions whether adoption agencies should be given the freedom to create their own policies or whether tighter regulation is needed through the introduction of a centralized policy."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of adoption in Japan; title: Special adoption : a liberal policy in a conservative society; title: Loving hands; title: The motherly network; title: A Christian adoption agency; title: The Doctors Association; title: International adoption; title: Transethnic adoption; title: Comparing institutional care with fostering and adoption; title: Decision-making in matching; title: Problems of power and prospects for reform; title: Conclusion.