Allen P Fisher
Biographic Data
| ID | 292318 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allen P Fisher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allen P |
| FAMILY NAME | Fisher |
| SIGNATURE | FISHER A P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Coe College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 102 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
International Adoption
Still 'Not Quite As Good As Having Your Own'? Toward a Sociology of Adoption
Despite the fact that adoption is a common practice in the United States and in much of the world today, sociologists have devoted remarkably little attention to it. This review provides a rationale for much more extensive sociological research on adoption. It then summarizes the available empirical literature on who adopts children, and why, and on who relinquishes children for adoption, and why. Most adoptions have favorable outcomes for the me…
Still 'Not Quite As Good As Having Your Own'? Toward a Sociology of Adoption
Despite the fact that adoption is a common practice in the United States and in much of the world today, sociologists have devoted remarkably little attention to it. This review provides a rationale for much more extensive sociological research on adoption. It then summarizes the available empirical literature on who adopts children, and why, and on who relinquishes children for adoption, and why. Most adoptions have favorable outcomes for the me…
International Adoption
Still 'Not Quite As Good As Having Your Own'? Toward a Sociology of Adoption
Despite the fact that adoption is a common practice in the United States and in much of the world today, sociologists have devoted remarkably little attention to it. This review provides a rationale for much more extensive sociological research on adoption. It then summarizes the available empirical literature on who adopts children, and why, and on who relinquishes children for adoption, and why. Most adoptions have favorable outcomes for the me…
International Adoption
Child Welfare and Adoption (2 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (2 works) · Circulation (fluid dynamics (1 works) · Climatology (1 works) · Development economics (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (1 works) · Geology (1 works) · Geology (1 works) · Inequality (1 works)