出版社/著者からの内容紹介
The social stigma of adopting an unrelated child in Japan
has meant that until recently many of these adoptions were conducted in
secret. However, in 1988 a new form of adoption called special adoption
was created that allowed legal and open arrangements for placing babies
and young children with new families. This book, the first published
study in English of adoption in Japan, tells the story of how different
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. It shows how some agencies
have encouraged potential parents to go beyond traditional concerns with
blood and family lineage, while others have created policies that have
drawn on Japan's long history of adoption and established cultural
ethics. It considers the transethnic adoption of children with foreign
residents, and international adoption, including children matched with
families in the USA. It looks at the use of adoption `contracts' with
birth mothers. It considers the hard choices facing birth mothers who
are undocumented migrants but who, by placing their baby anonymously for
adoption, may be able to secure Japanese nationality for them.
has meant that until recently many of these adoptions were conducted in
secret. However, in 1988 a new form of adoption called special adoption
was created that allowed legal and open arrangements for placing babies
and young children with new families. This book, the first published
study in English of adoption in Japan, tells the story of how different
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. It shows how some agencies
have encouraged potential parents to go beyond traditional concerns with
blood and family lineage, while others have created policies that have
drawn on Japan's long history of adoption and established cultural
ethics. It considers the transethnic adoption of children with foreign
residents, and international adoption, including children matched with
families in the USA. It looks at the use of adoption `contracts' with
birth mothers. It considers the hard choices facing birth mothers who
are undocumented migrants but who, by placing their baby anonymously for
adoption, may be able to secure Japanese nationality for them.
著者について
Dr Peter Hayes, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of
Sunderland．UK. Academic interests: Political Theory, Comparative
Adoption Policy. Inventor of the swimsac.
Sunderland．UK. Academic interests: Political Theory, Comparative
Adoption Policy. Inventor of the swimsac.
小松満喜子著、新しい家族大49号、2006年
本書は英米の養子制度の研究をしてきた著者がわが国の養子制度
を鳥瞰し今後の方向を展望していて大変興味深く、教えられることが多かった
を鳥瞰し今後の方向を展望していて大変興味深く、教えられることが多かった
