Lost to the State : : Family Discontinuity, Social Orphanhood and Residential Care in the Russian Far East / / Elena Khlinovskaya Rockhill.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Rockhill, Elena Khlinovskaya,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)

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 orphans as an embodiment of a long-standing power struggle between the state and the family. The author uncovers parallels between (post-) Soviet and Western practices in child welfare and attitudes towards ‘bad’ mothers, and proposes a new way of interpreting kinship where the state is an integral member.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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 List of Documents Supplied to the Court by the Guardianship Department and the Baby Home in Maria’s Cas -- Appendix 2 Reminiscences of Two ‘Bad’ Childhoods -- References -- Glossary -- Index