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Pronatalism, Gender Politics, and the Renewal of Family Support in Russia: Toward a Feminist Anthropology of “Maternity Capital”
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This article examines the gendered consequences of linking family support to state pronatalist goals in contemporary Russia. By analyzing the policies, proposals, and critiques circulating on the maternity capital program, Michele Rivkin-Fish demonstrates how state power and citizenship are being constructed through struggles over the meanings of gender and family. She further argues that studies of Russian demographic politics must bring attention to both institutional transformations and the symbolic levels of discourse. This holistic approach, rooted in feminist anthropology, illuminates the particular, cultural logics informing demographic debates as well as the apparent contradictions between ideologies, policies, and practices. Pronatalist discourses engage Russian politicians, experts, and laypersons in efforts to undo the troubling legacy of Soviet gender relations and the 1990s fertility crisis; in the process, these policies define and deploy state power in ways that sustain and normalize gender inequalities.
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“In countries with very strong pronatalist policy frameworks, such as Iran, Hungary, and Russian Federation, it is often the case that family-supporting policies (such as baby bonuses, childcare, and parental leave) can be effectively drowned about by narrative and, in some cases, policies which directly push back against women's rights, including the right to work (Cook, Iarskaia-Smirnova, and Koz”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rivkin-Fish, M.
- Venue
- Slavic Review
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2010
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 701-724
- ISSN
- 0037-6779 (ISSN-L)
- 2325-7784
- OpenAlex
- W2587194729
- Cited by
- 164
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 13.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Slavic Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Policies and Family
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Politics and Representation
- Keywords
- maternal capital, pronatalism, family support policy, gender politics, population policy, gender inequality, post-Soviet Russia, feminist anthropology, family discourse
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