| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 383 pages) : illustrations, map |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Becoming a social orphan -- pt. 2. Being a social orphan -- pt. 3. Post-Soviet or Soviet? Self-perpetuation of the system. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Children -- Institutional care -- Russia (Federation)
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Children -- Institutional care. |
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Russia (Federation) |
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Children -- Institutional care -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union. |
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Family policy -- Russia (Federation)
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Family policy. |
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Family policy -- Soviet Union.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General. |
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Children. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Rockhill, Elena Khlinovskaya. Lost to the state. New York : Berghahn Books, 2010 9781845457389 (DLC) 2010019550 (OCoLC)555673162 |
| ISBN |
9781845458638 (electronic book) |
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184545863X (electronic book) |
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9781845457389 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1845457382 (alkaline paper) |
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9781845457389 |
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