Families’ Ways of Coping with Poverty in Small-town Russia

Sätre, Ann-Mari; Soldatkin, A.; Varyzgina, Alla

doi:10.1080/0965156x.2014.988497

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“…It is worth noting that early pronouncements during Putin's regime about augmenting state support and stimulating birth rates were largely a response to the economic and societal adversities Russia endured in the 1990s, consequent to the USSR's disintegration. This transition ushered in a profound societal crisis, manifested in dwindling state support for families, surging poverty, and resultant challenges for familial stability and birth rates (Sätre et al 2016;Kostin and Kostina 2016, pp. 228-32;Rivkin-Fish 2010, p. 710).…”

Section: Demographic Challenges In the Early Putin Eramentioning

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Marriage and Family in Putin’s Russia: State Ideology and the Discourse of the Russian Orthodox Church

Skladanowski,

Szabaciuk,

Lukasik-Turecka

et al. 2023

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The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) presents itself as a defender of traditional Christian values. Among these values, representatives of the ROC mention concern for marriage and family. To what extent is the position of the ROC an expression of commitment to the traditional Christian concept of marriage and family? In this article, we analyse the contemporary Orthodox discourse in Russia since Kirill Gundyayev became the Patriarch of Moscow in 2009. From a political science and security studies perspective, we highlight the main ideological elements of this discourse. We contrast these elements with similar content in Russian official documents and Vladimir Putin’s statements. An analysis of what the ROC says about the problems and protection of marriage and family in Russia, against the background of Putin’s statements and the actions of the state authorities, shows that the ROC’s discourse on marriage and family echoes the main themes of the political discourse controlled by the state authorities. In its understanding of marriage and in its efforts on behalf of the family, the ROC represents a conservative doctrinal position. Although, in doctrinal terms, it essentially expresses the traditional Christian teaching on marriage, the strong ideologisation and securitisation of demographic issues in Russia are also reflected in church discourse.

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Marriage and Family in Putin’s Russia: State Ideology and the Discourse of the Russian Orthodox Church

Skladanowski,

Szabaciuk,

Lukasik-Turecka

et al. 2023

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“…An emerging body of literature studies household strategies, looking either at coping as a way to meet poverty, or at day-to-day survival (Abbott and Wal lace 2009;Clarke 1999;Pickup and White 2003;Ries 2008;Sätre et al 2014;Shevchenko 2009;Walker 1998). While it is important to reject the view of the DOI: 10.4324/9781351169448-3 poor as passive victims, it is equally important to pay attention to what gives people access to the resources which can enable them to provide what they need (Clarke 1999).…”

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“…They made useful contacts, received useful information and did to some extent start businesses. Some of the better-off responded that they have made new contacts with useful people and col lected important information in order to meet hardships (Sätre et al 2014).…”

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The Politics of Poverty in Contemporary Russia

Sätre¹

2019

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Drawing on a multitude of in-depth interviews and surveys with ordinary people, front-line social workers and local officials, Sätre explains what it is like to be poor in Russian society, how and why some people prosper, while others struggle and many fall into poverty traps. The author considers official poverty statistics but focuses on Sen's more sophisticated capability approach, showing how access to human capital, welfare rights and social relationships influence opportunity and poverty. The book's greatest strength is that it brings the reader into little-known towns, villages and provincial cities whose residents, some interviewed at several points from 2002 to 2017, give vivid accounts of how Russia's transformation has affected the welfare of their families and communities.

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“…The main aim here is to analyze how surviving norms regarding women's societal roles from the Soviet time have facilitated women's entrepreneurship in post-Soviet Russia. The empirical data are based on interviews from four communities in the Archangelsk Oblast in -2014and two communities in Nizhegorodskaya Oblast in 2011-2014.…”

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Women’s entrepreneurship in Russia: impacts from the Soviet system

Sätre

2016

Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy

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Purpose – This paper aims to analyze how surviving norms from the Soviet time continue to shape women’s entrepreneurship in contemporary Russia. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical data are based on observations and qualitative interviews in two Russian regions in 2002-2014 and also to a part on a survey from one of the regions. The analytical framework is based on Douglass North’s (1990) categorization of four main kinds of institutions which influence the way a society develops: legal rules, organization forms, enforcement and behavioural norms. Findings – The analysis shows that it is important to incorporate norms connected to women’s societal roles to the institutional theory. The survival of norms might in fact imply that women’s entrepreneurship tends to conserve the ways the system works, rather than to contributing to changing it. Although the survival of such norms tends to prevent changes, the possibility to start private businesses, on the other hand, opened up new ways for women to fulfill their different societal responsibilities. Originality/value – The paper is based on unique empirical data including some 200 interviews and observations from regular field trips to villages and small towns in Russia since the early 2000s.

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Families’ Ways of Coping with Poverty in Small-town Russia

Cited by 4 publications

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Marriage and Family in Putin’s Russia: State Ideology and the Discourse of the Russian Orthodox Church

Marriage and Family in Putin’s Russia: State Ideology and the Discourse of the Russian Orthodox Church

The Politics of Poverty in Contemporary Russia

Women’s entrepreneurship in Russia: impacts from the Soviet system

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