This thesis explores how traditional ideological and normative values are expressed and embedded within the formulation of Russian pronatalist family policy. By examining the main policy documents which conceptualise fertility and family as a demographic issue and as of 2021 a security issue, this thesis strives to highlight the process in which the state tries to establish a new order between the nation, family, and gender. Using the WPR policy analysis method and the concept of power, this thesis presents two main discourses within Russian family policy: preservation of the people and the traditional family. These discourses constitute high fertility as a condition for national survival and conceptualise the traditional family constellation as the only societal organisation that stimulates reproduction. Further, motherhood is therefore presented as “natural” as well as “patriotic” which binds women into two contracts: the gender contract and as a server to the Motherland – only through the male can the female achieve her societal role as a “mother” and fulfil her duties to the nation by contributing to the conservation of the Russian people. These normative and ideological appearances in Russian family policy may result in problematic policy actions which sanction people who fall outside of the discursive limits thus, must be viewed as inherently problematic.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-227482 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Pogrebets, Elizabeta |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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