Caring Like a State
The Politics of Russia's Demographic Crisis
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2025
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-07351-8 (ISBN)
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
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Declining birth rates have raised concerns in Russia since the 1990s, casting doubts on the post-Soviet government's ability to care for its people. Despite its well-publicized pronatalist initiativesRussia's population crisis has created enduring perceptions of the state as a benevolent but inconstant source of family aid.
In this volume, author Inna Leykin argues that the production, distribution, and translation of demographic knowledge have shaped social imaginaries about normative families,national sovereignty, and the self. With new ideas influencing public thoughts and ideals, the development of scientific knowledge and popular views of the state and its responsibilities have affected the balance between the state's commitment to economic stability and its goal of maintaining an apolitical citizenship, particularly in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Caring Like a State: The Politics of Russia's Demographic Crisis analyzes demographic data, policy history, personal interviews, and official government messaging to explore how daily family life and the Russian government's policies reciprocally shape social realities.
In this volume, author Inna Leykin argues that the production, distribution, and translation of demographic knowledge have shaped social imaginaries about normative families,national sovereignty, and the self. With new ideas influencing public thoughts and ideals, the development of scientific knowledge and popular views of the state and its responsibilities have affected the balance between the state's commitment to economic stability and its goal of maintaining an apolitical citizenship, particularly in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Caring Like a State: The Politics of Russia's Demographic Crisis analyzes demographic data, policy history, personal interviews, and official government messaging to explore how daily family life and the Russian government's policies reciprocally shape social realities.
Inna Leykin is Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication at The Open University of Israel. She is published in Sociology, the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and the Rural History Yearbook.
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration, Translation, Images and Names
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Afterlife of Soviet Demography in the Discourse on the Demographic Crisis
2. How to Do Things with Demography
3. Demography—A New Vernacular for the State
4. "Traditional Family Values": From Population as a Quantitative Problem to Population as a Moral Concern
5. Marketized Pronatalism and Domestic Spaces of Care
Conclusion: Caring Like a State in a Time of War
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 4 b&w illus. |
| Verlagsort | Bloomington, IN |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-253-07351-0 / 0253073510 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-253-07351-8 / 9780253073518 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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