The trouble with the multiethnic placement act: An empirical look at transracial adoption

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 559-582

  Jennings, Patricia K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Gender; Infertility; Race; White privilege

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846136054     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2006.49.4.559     Document Type: Article

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