Lost to the state family discontinuity, social orphanhood and residential care in the Russian Far East

Childhood held a special place in Soviet society: seen as the key to a better future, children were imagined as the only privileged class. Therefore, the rapid emergence in post-Soviet Russia of the vast numbers of vulnerable 'social orphans', or children who have living relatives but grow...

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Main Author: Rockhill, Elena Khlinovskaya
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: New York Berghahn Books 2010
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Anthropology
Child welfare
Children
Children > Institutional care > Russia (Federation)
Children > Institutional care > Soviet Union
Family policy
Family policy > Russia (Federation)
Family policy > Soviet Union
Institutional care
Orphanages
Residential care
Russia
Russia (Federation)
Russian (Federation)
Sociology
Soviet Union
State
U.S.S.R
ISBN:1845457382, 184545863X, 9781845458638, 9781845457389
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Table of Contents:
  • Lost to the state : family discontinuity, social orphanhood and residential care in the Russian Far East -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Transliteration -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: Becoming a Social Orphan -- Chapter 1: A Brief History of Family Policy in Russia -- Chapter 2: The State as a Co-Parent -- Chapter 3: State and Family: Tilting the Balance of Power -- Chapter 4: Parents Overwhelmed by the State -- Chapter 5: Norms and Deviance -- Part II: Being a Social Orphan -- Chapter 6: The State as a Sole Parent -- Chapter 7: The World of Social Orphans -- Part III: Post-Soviet Or Soviet? Self-Perpetuation of the System -- Chapter 8: The Continuing Soviet Legacy: Paradoxes of Change and Continuity -- Chapter 9: The Post-Soviet Case in a Wider Context -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- References -- Glossary -- Index.
  • Front Matter Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Transliteration List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: A Brief History of Family Policy in Russia Chapter 2: The State as a Co-Parent Chapter 3: State and Family: Chapter 4: Parents Overwhelmed by the State Chapter 5: Norms and Deviance Chapter 6: The State as a Sole Parent Chapter 7: The World of Social Orphans Chapter 8: The Continuing Soviet Legacy: Chapter 9: The Post-Soviet Case in a Wider Context Conclusion EPILOGUE Appendix 1. Appendix 2. References Glossary Index
  • LOST TO THE STATE -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Transliteration -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: BECOMING A SOCIAL ORPHAN -- Chapter 1: A Brief History of Family Policy in Russia -- Chapter 2: The State as a Co-Parent -- Chapter 3: State and Family: Tilting the Balance of Power -- Chapter 4: Parents Overwhelmed by the State -- Chapter 5: Norms and Deviance -- PART II: BEING A SOCIAL ORPHAN -- Chapter 6: The State as a Sole Parent -- Chapter 7: The World of Social Orphans -- PART III: POST-SOVIET OR SOVIET? SELF-PERPETUATION OF THE SYSTEM -- Chapter 8:The Continuing Soviet Legacy: Paradoxes of Change and Continuity -- Chapter 9:The Post-Soviet Case in a Wider Context -- Conclusion -- EPILOGUE -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- References -- Glossary -- Index