«Demographical reserve»: young family as an object of state policy Cover Image

«Демографический резерв»: молодая семья как объект государственной политики
«Demographical reserve»: young family as an object of state policy

Author(s): Zhanna Chernova
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: young family; family policy; Soviet model of family policy; contemporary Russian family policy; demographic crisis; youth family policy; the second demographic transition; parenthood

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to analyze a concept «young family» presented in official and academic discourse. The main question of the paper is how the concept «young family» is constructed in Soviet and Post-Soviet family policy, what social problems are connected with it. The paper also discusses how family practices of development western countries can be compared with contemporary Russian family policy

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 26-38
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian