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‘Giving Children a Better Life?’ Reconsidering Social Reproduction, Humanitarianism and Development in Intercountry Adoption

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  • Kristen Cheney

    (International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands)

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Cet article aborde l’adoption internationale (AI) – considérée comme un système mondial – dans une approche d’économie politique pour examiner en quoi le bien-être des enfants est souvent placé au cœur des questions-clés de développement de manières parfois contradictoires et masquées par la sentimentalité dépolitisante appliquée aux enfants. De plus, envisager l′adoption internationale dans le cadre de la reproduction sociale plutôt que du secours aux enfants déplace de sa position centrale la tendance des études de développement à réduire le développement à des problèmes touchant les pays du Sud. Comme je le souligne, l′adoption internationale, cette intervention soi-disant humanitaire, est étroitement liée aux crises de la reproduction sociale dans les pays du Nord. Il est donc important que les études de développement remettent en question les hypothèses et pratiques sous-jacentes aux discours sur le thème « offrir une vie meilleure aux enfants ».

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  • Kristen Cheney, 2014. "‘Giving Children a Better Life?’ Reconsidering Social Reproduction, Humanitarianism and Development in Intercountry Adoption," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 26(2), pages 247-263, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:eurjdr:v:26:y:2014:i:2:p:247-263
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    1. Njeri Chege & Stephen Ucembe, 2020. "Kenya’s Over-Reliance on Institutionalization as a Child Care and Child Protection Model: A Root-Cause Approach," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-17, April.

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