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Parenthood and Open Adoption: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

By Mandi MacDonald (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2016
ISBN
978-1-137-57644-6, 978-1-137-57645-3
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-57645-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1515312 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
IX, 142\150
Time added
2016-07-20 04:00:00
Sociology of FamilyYouth and Aging; ChildrenYouth and Family Policy; Child Well-being; Social

Description

This book explores what it is like to be involved in contemporary open adoption, characterised by varying forms of contact with birth relatives, from an adoptive parent point of view. The author’s fine-grained interpretative phenomenological analysis of adopters’ accounts reveals the complexity of kinship for those whose most significant relationships are made, unmade and permanently altered through adoption. MacDonald distinctively connects adoption to wider sociological theories of relatedness and personal life, and focuses on domestic non-kin adoption of children from state care, including compulsory adoption. The book also addresses current child welfare concerns, and suggestions are made for adoption practice. The book will be of interest to scholars and students with an interest in adoption, social work, child welfare, foster care, family and sociology.

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