Soviet Street Children and the Second World War
Welfare and Social Control under Stalin
Seiten
2018
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
9781350058118 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
9781350058118 (ISBN)
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 only exacerbated the situation, 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.
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.
Olga Kucherenko is the author of Little Soldiers: How Soviet Children Went to War, 1941-45 (2011). She is currently working on a new project, investigating Anglo-Soviet relations in the 1940s.
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Terms and Transliteration
Abbreviations and Archive References
Glossary
Introduction
Part I - Bezotsovshchina
1. Rolling Stones
2. The Crime Wave
3. The Great Migration
4. Efforts to Help
5. Coda
Part II – Step-Motherland
6. Empty Promises
7. Forced Displacement
8. Making Labourers into Criminals
9. Law and Order Soviet Style
10. Coda
Part III – In Beria’s Care
11. State House
12. Maloletka
13. Challenges to Authority
14. Educating Through Labour
15. Coda
Conclusion
Appendix
Select Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.07.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 14 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 232 mm |
| Gewicht | 400 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781350058118 / 9781350058118 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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