Desfosses Soviet Population Policy

Conflicts and Constraints
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-5427-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Web PDF

Soviet Population Policy: Conflicts and Constraints focuses on the study of population policy in the USSR. The text looks at the problems identified with population, including migration, depopulation of rural areas, and rapid urbanization. The book starts by outlining the development of Soviet census, considering its purposes and methods involved. The text then proceeds by giving information on population dynamics in which the issue of population is seen as inseparable from political, economic, and social concerns. One of the issues discussed is how military manpower can be affected by the problem on population. Another feature of the book is the sector of aging citizens in which it is identified that the country has experienced an increase in the number of pensioners. In this context, a comparison of the retirement systems of the United States and Russia is presented. The book also looks at the relationship of fertility and female work status in the country. The text goes further by discussing the pro-natalist policies of the country in which the reduction in the psychological and material costs of having children is noted. A discussion on the four models used by demographers to emphasize the issues affecting the population is also presented. The book notes that the country's position on population is rooted in Marxism. Readers who are interested in establishing the relationship of population with other social concerns of a country can find this book worth considering.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Desfosses, Helen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Soviet Population Policy: Conflicts and Constraints;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;List of Tables;10
6;Acknowledgments;14
7;Introduction;16
8;Part I: The Domestic Arena;22
8.1;Chapter 1. Development of the Soviet Census;24
8.1.1;HISTORICAL BACKGROUND;24
8.1.2;EARLY SOVIET CENSUSES;25
8.1.3;POSTWAR;26
8.1.4;COMPARISONS;28
8.1.5;THE QUESTIONS;28
8.1.6;SUMMARY;34
8.1.7;NOTES;35
8.2;Chapter 2. Contemporary Soviet Population Problems;37
8.2.1;SOVIET POPULATION DYNAMICS;41
8.2.2;DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS;43
8.2.3;ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;47
8.2.4;MANPOWER: NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND MILITARY NEEDS;48
8.2.5;MIGRATION;50
8.2.6;MILITARY MANPOWER;51
8.2.7;POPULATION POLICY: HESITANT PRO-NATALISM;52
8.2.8;WOMEN, WORK, AND FAMILY ALLOWANCES;53
8.2.9;ADVANTAGES OF A LOWER BIRTHRATE;55
8.2.10;DILEMMAS AND OPTIONS;56
8.2.11;NOTES;58
8.3;Chapter 3. The Aging Soviet Society;65
8.3.1;DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES;66
8.3.2;CHARACTERISTICS OF PENSIONERS;70
8.3.3;THE PENSION SYSTEM;75
8.3.4;POLICY IMPLICATIONS;81
8.3.5;NOTES;81
8.4;Chapter 4. Fertility and Female Work Status in the USSR;83
8.4.1;RESEARCH BY SOVIET DEMOGRAPHERS;83
8.4.2;THE IMPACT OF PRESCHOOL CHILD-CARE FACILITIES;87
8.4.3;PETER MAZUR'S CONTRADICTORY VIEW;90
8.4.4;VARIATIONS IN FERTILITY AND FEMALE WORK STATUS AMONG SMALL ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS OF THE USSR;90
8.4.5;THE HOUSING FACTOR;98
8.4.6;VARIATIONS IN 1959-1970 CHANGE IN FEMALE WORK STATUS AND 1959-1970 CHANGE IN FERTILITY IN THE 15 SOVIET REPUBLICS;101
8.4.7;RESEARCH FINDINGS;112
8.4.8;NOTES;113
8.5;Chapter 5. Pro-Natalism in Soviet Law and Propaganda;116
8.5.1;CHOICES AND CHANGES;117
8.5.2;TYPES OF PRO-NATALIST PROGRAMS;119
8.5.3;PROPAGANDA AND PRO-NATALISM;124
8.5.4;CITIZEN AND PRO-NATALISM;127
8.5.5;ONLY CHILD VERSUS COLLECTIVE;128
8.5.6;ILLEGITIMACY AS A DEMOGRAPHIC GOOD;131
8.5.7;NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF WOMEN'S FREEDOM?;132
8.5.8;BACHELORS;133
8.5.9;MARRIED MEN;134
8.5.10;YOUTH AND PRO-NATALISM;135
8.5.11;PROSPECTS FOR SUCCESS;137
8.5.12;NOTES;138
8.6;Chapter 6. Soviet Population Policy: Four Model Futures;145
8.6.1;GOALS AND RATIONALE OF MODEL FUTURE I;151
8.6.2;FOUR MODEL FUTURES;152
8.6.3;GOALS AND RATIONALE OF MODEL FUTURE II;161
8.6.4;GOALS AND RATIONALE OF MODEL FUTURE III;164
8.6.5;GOALS AND RATIONALE OF MODEL FUTURE IV;165
8.6.6;EVALUATION OF THE LIKELY CONSEQUENCES OF EACH OF THE FOUR MODEL FUTURES;166
8.6.7;NOTES;171
9;Part Il: The International Arena;176
9.1;Chapter 7. Evolution of Soviet Population Thought: From Marxism-Leninism to the Literaturnava Gazeta Debate;178
9.1.1;CAUTIOUS ATTITUDES;180
9.1.2;POPULATION THEORY: MARX AND BEYOND;182
9.1.3;SOVIET POPULATION DEBATE: WINDS OF CHANGE;188
9.2;Chapter 8. Population as a Global Issue: The Soviet Prism;200
9.2.1;WORLD DEMOGRAPHIC REALITIES;201
9.2.2;THE SOVIET CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK;204
9.2.3;THE EVOLUTION OF SOVIET ATTITUDES AND POLICIES;209
9.2.4;POPULATION AND SECURITY;216
9.2.5;NOTES;218
10;Index;224
11;About the Contributors;230