This book radically rethinks the theoretical parameters through which we interpret both current and past ideas of captivity, adoption, and slavery among Native American societies in an interdisciplinary perspective. The book covers a period of over 800 years of North American hi…
In the last fifty years, transnational adoption--specifically, the adoption of Asian children--has exploded in popularity as an alternative path to family making. Despite the cultural acceptance of this practice, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the factors that al…
In the last fifty years, transnational adoption--specifically, the adoption of Asian children--has exploded in popularity as an alternative path to family making. Despite the cultural acceptance of this practice, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the factors that al…
In the last fifty years, transnational adoption - specifically, the adoption of Asian children - has exploded in popularity as an alternative path to family making. Despite the cultural acceptance of this practice, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the factors that …
Livelihood challenges such as low income, food insecurity, and poverty are prevalent among farming and rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and are linked to low agricultural productivity. Boosting agricultural productivity is considered pivotal to improving the livelih…
This paper discusses the determinants of mango farmer participations in modern market channel and the determinants of sprayer trader use by mango farmer in Indonesia. The paper also analyzes the impact of modern market participation and sprayer trader use to the outputs, inputs …
This study utilizes the authorial audience's conceptual field provided by their Jewish and Greco-Roman context to explore Paul's metaphor of adoption and its surrounding familial language in Romans 8–9. This study seeks to establish that the use of the metaphor of adoption ([spe…
Living in a networked world, human agents are increasingly connected as advances in technology facilitates the flow of information between and the availability of services to them. Through this research, we look at interacting agents in networked environments, and explore how th…
Increasing steadily in developed nations during the last several decades, intercountry adoption (ICA) brings unique challenges to the family system during role transition to parenthood. The fundamental change for women during and following ICA is the process of and transition to…
Medicaid is a joint federal-state health insurance program targeting the low-income population. The program covers nearly 20% of Americans and accounted for 592 billion in 2017. Medicaid was originally introduced in 1965 as an optional program without mandatory financial eligibi…
Adoption, in and of itself, is only plausible due to the presence or history of trauma. Every event prior to adoption, during the time of adoption, and following adoption is characterized by, at minimum, implicit trauma and, possibly, explicit trauma. Adoption is inherently and …
This collection of poetry challenges the conventional, body-centred definition of motherhood, which subtly privileges women who have undergone the actual, physical process of birthing a child, and marginalizes those who cannot fulfill the biological requirements. It is the story…
