Kerry O'Halloran
The Politics of Adoption International Perspectives on Law, Policy & Practice Second edition
Springer
The Politics of Adoption Second edition
Kerry O'Halloran Australian Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, QLD Australia
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ISBN: 978-1-4020-9151-3
e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-9152-0
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Acknowledgements
That The Politics of Adoption made it into a second edition owes a great deal to Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes and to my other colleagues at the Australian Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies. For their support and companionship I remain extremely grateful. The many academics, senior managers and others, whose contribution to the first edition did much to ensure the appearance of the second, have previously been acknowledged but the debt of gratitude for their efforts continues. This edition has similarly benefited from the kindness of those who took the time and t