Modernization, Value Change and Fertility in the Soviet Union (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Series Number 52)

Jones, Ellen; Grupp, Fred W.

ISBN 10: 0521320348 / ISBN 13: 9780521320344

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1987

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modernization, Value Change and Fertility in the Soviet Union (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Series Number 52)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521320348
• ISBN 13: 9780521320344
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book is about social change in the Soviet Union. It explores the way in which the social, economic and political transformations encompassed by modernization affect values and behaviours. Its analytical focus is the family and the system of norms and values governing sex roles and familial relations. The study is part of a larger effort to unravel the complex linkages between modernization, value change, demographic change and public policy. It has two related objectives. First, it explores the relationship between value change and fertility, using statistical material from the Soviet census, birth registry, and social surveys, to test specific hypotheses relating to the modernization/value change relationship. Second, it examines the impact of public policies, both intended and unintended, on family values and fertility trends. A model of Soviet fertility dynamics, based on the empirical findings of the study, is also presented.

Book Description

Family and the systems of norms and values governing sex roles and familial relations are the basis of this study of the influence of recent social, economic and political modernization upon Soviet values and behavior.