An edition of Lost to the State (2010)

Lost to the State

Family Discontinuity, Social Orphanhood and Residential Care in the Russian Far East

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An edition of Lost to the State (2010)

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 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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400

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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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Dewey Decimal Class
362.7320947
Library of Congress
HV1215.15 .R63 2010

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[electronic resource] :
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1 online resource (400 p.)
Number of pages
400

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Open Library
OL27071810M
ISBN 10
184545863X
ISBN 13
9781845458638
OCLC/WorldCat
727649499

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OL19884719W

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