Soviet street children and the Second World War: welfare and social control under Stalin

"A time of great hardship, the Second World War became a consequential episode in the history of Soviet childhood policies. The growing social problem of juvenile homelessness and delinquency alerted the government to the need for a comprehensive child protection programme. Nevertheless, by pri...

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1. Verfasser: Kucherenko, Olga (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; Oxford ; New York ; New Delhi ; Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2016
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rezensiert in: Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas / jgo.e-reviews, JGO 67 (2019), 4, S. 667-669
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Zusammenfassung:"A time of great hardship, the Second World War became a consequential episode in the history of Soviet childhood policies. The growing social problem of juvenile homelessness and delinquency alerted the government to the need for a comprehensive child protection programme. Nevertheless, by prioritizing public order over welfare, the Stalinist state created conditions that exacerbated the situation even further, transforming an existing problem into a nation-wide crisis.In this comprehensive account based on exhaustive archival research, Olga Kucherenko investigates the plight of more than a million street children and the state's role in the reinforcement of their ranks. By looking at wartime dislocation, Soviet child welfare policies, juvenile justice and the shadow world both within and without the Gulag, Soviet Street Children and the Second World War challenges several of the most pervasive myths about the Soviet Union at war. It is, therefore, as much an investigation of children on the margins of Soviet society as it is a study of the impact of war and state policies on society itself"..."A history of child homelessness and delinquency in the Soviet Union during the Second World War and its aftermath"...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:245 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781350058118
9781474213424

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