Ceausescu’s Legacy
Family Struggles and Institutionalization of Children in Romania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079718 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynn Morrison (Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo, Hawai’i Island HIV/AIDS Foundation, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 168-182 |
| Publication date | 2004-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0363199004264899 |
| OpenAlex | W2101513296 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 5 |
The significant numbers of children in institutions were among the numerous problems with which post revolutionary Romania had to contend. Since the cataclysmic events of December 1989 when the dictator Ceausescu and his wife were executed, countless orphanages were uncovered across the countryside of Romania. Thousands of children whose families were unable to support them were the direct out-come of Ceausescu’s stringent pronatalist measures and economic policies. Without existing alternatives, the children were placed in orphanages with minimal medical and social services resulting in high mortality rates and developmental disabilities. Another residual effect of the Ceausescu regime was the high rate of HIV among the institutionalized pediatric population. This article describes the sociocultural context of the institutionalization of children. Based on ethnographic research in a small town with an orphanage for the “irrecuperables,” this article will examine the circumstances directly and indirectly responsible for the institutionalization of so many children and, in addition, the struggles and living conditions of families with disabled children and adults who remained at home
Archaeology · Dictator · Institutionalisation · Political science · Politics · Population · Psychiatry · Sociology · Wife · Demography · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Romani and Gypsy Studies · Social Policies and Family
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
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| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |