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Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Should international adoptions be encouraged?
• International adoptions should be encouraged / Elizabeth Bartholet
• International adoptions should be discouraged / E.J. Graff
• International adoptions should be an option for tsunami orphans / Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
• International adoptions exploit tsunami orphans and result in child trafficking / Asha Krishnakumar
• Chapter 2: How do celebrity adoptions affect the debate over international adoptions?
• Celebrity adoptions are helpful to the practice of international adoption / Selaelo Ramokgopa
• Celebrity adoptions are helpful to the practice of international adoption / Selaelo Ramokgopa
• Celebrity adoptions are harmful to the practice of international adoption / Gabrielle Birkner
• Celebrity international adoptions transcend racial barriers and shed light on issue of orphaned children / Cindy Rodriguez
• Celebrity international adoptions are not in the best interest of the child / Kate Sheehy
• Celebrity international adoptions help children in need / Carol Lloyd
• Celebrity international adoptions are a form of colonialism / Adam Elkus
• Chapter 3: What are the consequences of international adoptions?
• International adoptions break down racial and ethic stereotypes / Angela Krueger
• International adoptions result in discrimination / Mateo Cruz
• International adoptions illustrate the fluidity of racial and ethnic boundaries in American society / Hiromi Ishizawa, Catherine T. Kenney, Kazuyo Kubo, and Gillian Stevens
• International adoptions alienate children from cultural heritage / Kim Young-gyo
• International adoptions do not necessarily alienate children from cultural heritage / Martha Nichols
• International adoptions neglect U.S. children in need / Jocelyn Noveck

• Chapter 4: What changes should be made to the international adoption process?
• There should be more regulations in international adoption / Natalie Cherot
• There should be fewer regulations in international adoption / John Stossel
• The international adoption process requires more vigilance against child trafficking / David M. Smolin
• The United States should not deal with countries that exploit children and the international adoption process / Kate O'Keefe
• International adoptions should not be used as a political issue / Fred Weir
• There should be pre- and post-pediatric counseling in the international adoption process / Sandra L. Iverson and Dana E. Johnson.

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Contributors:

Haerens, Margaret

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)

Subjects:

Intercountry adoption — United States — Juvenile literature

Interracial adoption — United States — Juvenile literature

Intercountry adoption — Juvenile literature

Interracial adoption — Juvenile literature

Intercountry adoption

Interracial adoption

United States

Genres:

Juvenile works

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Call Numbers:

HV875.5 .I5735 2011

ISBNs:

9780737749700 (hardcover)
0737749709 (hardcover)
9780737749717 (pbk.)
0737749717 (pbk.)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2010011351

OCLC Numbers:

598304962