Changes in moral values about the family: Adoption legislation in Norway and the US

Social Analysis

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 146-163

  Howell, Signe ^a  

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Author keywords

Adoption; Childhood; Globalization; Governmentality; Kinship; Laws; Morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249149770     PISSN: 0155977X     EISSN: 15585727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/015597706780459322     Document Type: Article

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