Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-293) and index.
Contents:
Deviant citizens in fin-de-siecle and interwar Europe -- Social rights in Russia and after the revolution -- From invalids to pensioners -- The activists and their charges -- "Homes of work and love" (1918-1927) -- "Worthless workers--they don't fulfill the norms" (1928-1940) -- "A massively traumatized population" (1941-1950) -- The rivalry with the West and the Soviet moral order -- Timeline of welfare in Russia and the Soviet Union.
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