Trends in intercountry adoption: Analysis of data from 20 receiving countries, 1998–2004

Selman, Peter

doi:10.1007/bf03031815

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“…With respect to this trend, UNICEF (1999) has estimated the number of international adoptions to seven major receiving states (USA, France, Italy, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands), and between 1993 and 1997 international adoptions increased from 16,027 to 23,199. This trend seems to be confirmed also by a more recent work (Selman 2006) based on the analysis of data from 20 receiving countries: results showed that inter-country adoption increased by 42% between 1998 and 2004.…”

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Childfree by choice: a review

Agrillo

Nelini

2008

Journal of Cultural Geography

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Section: Incidence Of the Phenomenonsupporting

confidence: 83%

Childfree by choice: a review

Agrillo

Nelini

2008

Journal of Cultural Geography

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“…Ultimately, the pattern of intercountry adoption was called the ''quiet migration'' (Selman 2002) and in the year 2004 there were 45,000 children relocated from one country to another by means of intercountry adoption (Selman 2006). The practice has been in decline ever since (Selman 2009).…”

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Does the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption Adequately Protect Orphaned and Vulnerable Children and Their Families?

Rotabi

Gibbons

2011

J Child Fam Stud

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The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption, designed to protect the best interests of the child in intercountry adoption, has been signed by 83 nations. We evaluate both the strengths and the weaknesses of the Convention in achieving this purpose and also in protecting a second vulnerable population, birth families. A case study example of the United States' implementation of the Hague requirements reveals several weaknesses with respect to non-Convention countries as sending nations, financial oversight, and oversight of foreign collaborators. International birth families, especially birth mothers giving consent to an adoption, are often vulnerable because of a lack of power and resources, as well as different cultural understandings of the nature of family and adoption. We conclude that in order to protect vulnerable children and birth families, individual sending and receiving countries need to supplement the Hague Convention with specific, contextually appropriate laws and regulations.

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“…En 2004, con 5.541 adopciones en el extranjero, España se convierte en el segundo país del mundo -después de EE. UU.-en adopciones internacionales (Selman, 2006(Selman, : 189, 2012 1 . El año 2004 supone un punto de inflexión en la tendencia del flujo de adopciones internacionales en España.…”

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Estigma social y adopción internacional en España. ¿Es la familia adoptiva un modelo familiar menos «auténtico» que los basados en lazos biológicos?

Jaume

Jareño-Ruiz

2015

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Papers 2015, 100/2 http://dx.doi.org/10.5565/rev/papers.2070 211-236Estigma social y adopción internacional en España. ¿Es la familia adoptiva un modelo familiar menos «auténtico» que los basados en lazos biológicos?María José Rodríguez-Jaume Diana Jareño Ruiz ResumenEn España, el fenómeno de las adopciones internacionales irrumpe en la década de 1990. En 2004, se convirtió en el segundo país del mundo que las llevaba a cabo. Con el objetivo de incrementar el conocimiento sociológico sobre la familia adoptiva internacional española, se realizó la encuesta a través de web titulada Las familias adoptivas y sus estilos de vida. A partir de las respuestas ofrecidas por 230 madres y padres adoptivos, se dibuja el perfil sociodemográfico de sus hogares. Estos se caracterizarían por contar con progenitores con elevado nivel formativo, no adscritos a ninguna religión, que defienden políticas de izquierdas y que comparten un sistema de valores posmodernos respecto a la institución familiar. La identificación de la estructura doméstica según su tipo de alianza (biparental o monoparental) y su tipo de filiación (adoptiva o mixta) nos permite situar a la adopción contemporánea como una opción de filiación elegida y no, exclusivamente, como alternativa ante la imposibilidad de tener hijos biológicos. Adicionalmente, los resultados arrojados por la encuesta nos permiten adentrarnos en uno de los aspectos menos abordados en el estudio sociológico de la familia adoptiva: el papel de las actitudes sociales hacia la adopción y su impacto en aquella. La mayoría de los encuestados perciben el estigma social del que es objeto su familia adoptiva, pues, desde su punto de vista, la sociedad las considera como una forma de hogar menos satisfactoria que la basada en lazos biológicos. Palabras clave: familia interracial; familia adoptiva transnacional; nuevas formas de hogar; encuesta en línea; estigmatización; sanciones sociales; actitudes de la comunidad.212 Papers 2015, 100/2 María José Rodríguez-Jaume; Diana Jareño Ruiz Abstract. Social stigma and international adoption in Spain: Is the adoptive family a less 'authentic' (family) model than those based on biological ties?In Spain, the phenomenon of international adoptions began in the nineties, becoming the second country in the world in number of international adoptions in 2004. With the aim of increasing knowledge about the international adoptive Spanish family, the computer-assisted online survey Adoptive families and their lifestyles was distributed. From the responses given by 230 adoptive mothers and fathers, the socio-demographic profile of adoptive Spanish families becomes visible. These families are characterized for having parents with a high educational level, who do not ascribe to any religion, defend left-wing politics, and share a system of postmodern values regarding the family institution. The identification of the family structure according to the type of alliance (two-parent family or single-parent family) and type of filiation (adoptive or mixed) allows us to plac...

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Trends in intercountry adoption: Analysis of data from 20 receiving countries, 1998–2004

Cited by 89 publications

References 13 publications

Childfree by choice: a review

Childfree by choice: a review

Does the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption Adequately Protect Orphaned and Vulnerable Children and Their Families?

Estigma social y adopción internacional en España. ¿Es la familia adoptiva un modelo familiar menos «auténtico» que los basados en lazos biológicos?

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