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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 up in residential care institutions, caught the public by surprise, leading to discussions of the role and place of childhood in the new society. Based on an in-depth study the author explores dissonance between new post-Soviet forms of family and economy, and lingering Soviet attitudes, revealing social orp.
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Lost to the State: Family Discontinuity, Social Orphanhood and Residential Care in the Russian Far East
2010, Berghahn Books, Inc.
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Lost to the state: family discontinuity, social orphanhood and residential care in the Russian Far East
2010, Berghahn Books
in English
1845457382 9781845457389
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Lost to the State: Family Discontinuity, Social Orphanhood and Residential Care in the Russian Far East
2010, Berghahn Books, Incorporated
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1306055776 9781306055772
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Table of Contents
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 ContinuityChapter 9:The Post-Soviet Case in a Wider Context; Conclusion; EPILOGUE; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; References; Glossary; Index.
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