THE POLITICS OF ADOPTION: CHILD RIGHTS IN THE BRAZILIAN SETTING

FONSECA, CLAUDIA

LAW AND POLICY, n.º 3/2002, pág. 199

I. Introduction. II. Child circulation: a social dynamic aimed at promoting child welfare. III. Brazilian legislation: the linear evolution toward plenary adoption. IV. From the poor man's boarding school to pre-adoption internment. V. The efficacy of safeguards in contemporary legislation. VI. Historical context and interest groups. VII. Conclusions: a need to repoliticize questions of child welfare.