Caring Like a State : The Politics of Russia's Demographic Crisis

Name: Caring Like a State : The Politics of Russia's Demographic Crisis
Brand: Indiana University Press

Indiana University Press

Caring Like a StateThe Politics of Russia's Demographic Crisis\nAuthor(s): Inna Leykin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253073501, 978-0253073501\nSynopsis\nThe post-Soviet Russian state is haunted by the fear of not having enough people. Despite its well-publicized pronatalist campaigns, declining birth rates and rising mortality rates since the 1990s, cast doubt on the state's ability to care for its population effectively. In this ethnography, anthropologist Inna Leykin examines the post-Soviet Russian state's efforts and failures in population care. Revealing the existential burden of pronatalism, she demonstrates how the language of demography has become influential in defining what kind of behavior and social aspirations are deemed worthy of state support and protection. \n Caring Like a State: The Politics of Russia's Demographic Crisis analyzes the professional world of demographers, non-sta.