Adoption, Family and the Paradox of Origins : A Foucauldian History, Paperbac...

Description: Adoption, Family and the Paradox of Origins : A Foucauldian History, Paperback by Sales, S., ISBN 1349325090, ISBN-13 9781349325092, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK It is now over 20 years since open adoption was first introduced, but it remains a controversial and contested part of social work practice. This innovative and far ranging book sets out to understand why the practice of keeping adopted children in touch with their kinship origins is still so questioned in contemporary adoption work. Written by an experienced practitioner in the field, this book applies, for the first time, Foucauldian methodology to analyze and understand adoption social work, making it essential reading for a wide audience in the social sciences.

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Book Title: Adoption, Family and the Paradox of Origins : A Foucauldian Histo

Number of Pages: 216 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Adoption, Family and the Paradox of Origins: a Foucauldian History

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Year: 2012

Subject: Government

Item Height: 235 mm

Item Weight: 355 g

Type: Textbook

Author: S. Sales

Subject Area: Social Work, Children & Family, Human Biology

Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

Item Width: 155 mm

Format: Paperback