Memories about the Intercountry Adoption of Finnish Children

Decisions about the Child's Best Interests

Bibliographic Data

ID11940501
AuthorsTarja Pösö (0000-0001-8695-7222, University of Tampere, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume33
Issue4
Pages53-63
Publication date2009-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAdoption & Fostering (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-5759 • E-ISSN: 1740-469X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/030857590903300407
OpenAlexW2075535170
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

Tarja Pösö uses memory work with professionals to examine the intercountry adoption of Finnish children that took place from the 1950s to the 1970s. Since then, however, Finland has been a receiving country for children adopted from abroad and even the domestic adoption of those born in Finland is rare. The aim of the study is to shed light on the time, space and culture-bound character of child protection and intercountry adoption. The data consist of group conversations with the social workers, now retired, who arranged the intercountry adoptions. The importance of the data is emphasised by the fact that no research or statistics exist on these adoptions; indeed, there is little knowledge that they ever took place. The Finnish example shows that the need and opportunities for intercountry adoptions may vary even within a relatively short period of time. The current global pattern of intercountry adoptions cannot be considered permanent

Character (mathematics · Economic growth · Economics · Period (music · Political science · Sociology · Work (physics · Child Welfare and Adoption · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology

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