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Care of the State blends archival, oral history, interview and
ethnographic data to study the changing relationships and kinship
ties of children who lived in state residential care in socialist
Hungary. It advances anthropological understanding of kinship and
the workings of the state by exploring how various state actors and
practices shaped kin ties. Jennifer Rasell shows that norms and
processes in the Hungarian welfare system placed symbolic weight on
nuclear families whilst restricting and devaluing other possible
ties for children in care, in particular to siblings, friends,
welfare workers and wider communities. In focussing on care
practices both within and outside kin relations, Rasell shows that
children valued relationships that were produced through personal
attention, engagement and emotional connections. Highlighting the
diversity of experiences in state care in socialist Hungary, this
book's nuanced insights represent an important contribution to
research on children's well-being and family policies in
Central-Eastern Europe and beyond.
Care of the State blends archival, oral history, interview and
ethnographic data to study the changing relationships and kinship
ties of children who lived in state residential care in socialist
Hungary. It advances anthropological understanding of kinship and
the workings of the state by exploring how various state actors and
practices shaped kin ties. Jennifer Rasell shows that norms and
processes in the Hungarian welfare system placed symbolic weight on
nuclear families whilst restricting and devaluing other possible
ties for children in care, in particular to siblings, friends,
welfare workers and wider communities. In focussing on care
practices both within and outside kin relations, Rasell shows that
children valued relationships that were produced through personal
attention, engagement and emotional connections. Highlighting the
diversity of experiences in state care in socialist Hungary, this
book's nuanced insights represent an important contribution to
research on children's well-being and family policies in
Central-Eastern Europe and beyond.
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