TY - JOUR
T1 - Shame, ontological insecurity and intercountry adoption
AU - Youde, Jeremy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Centre of International Studies.
PY - 2014/7/3
Y1 - 2014/7/3
N2 - Romania and South Korea were once among the top sending countries for adoptive American families. In recent years, though, both have adopted significant restrictions on intercountry adoption. What leads countries to introduce such severe restrictions? This article argues that shame plays a significant, yet underappreciated, motivating factor for leading governments to change their laws on intercountry adoption. Political leaders seize on nationalist rhetoric to argue that intercountry adoption is shameful. The article explores the interaction between intercountry adoption and shame through brief case studies on Romania and South Korea. Finally, it examines the role of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Adoption Convention) in ameliorating these feelings.
AB - Romania and South Korea were once among the top sending countries for adoptive American families. In recent years, though, both have adopted significant restrictions on intercountry adoption. What leads countries to introduce such severe restrictions? This article argues that shame plays a significant, yet underappreciated, motivating factor for leading governments to change their laws on intercountry adoption. Political leaders seize on nationalist rhetoric to argue that intercountry adoption is shameful. The article explores the interaction between intercountry adoption and shame through brief case studies on Romania and South Korea. Finally, it examines the role of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Adoption Convention) in ameliorating these feelings.
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U2 - 10.1080/09557571.2014.889084
DO - 10.1080/09557571.2014.889084
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84914668252
SN - 0955-7571
VL - 27
SP - 424
EP - 441
JO - Cambridge Review of International Affairs
JF - Cambridge Review of International Affairs
IS - 3
ER -