Affiliation: | * Department of Social Science and Administration, Social Work Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE. This article is part of an ongoing study into Soviet child care policy and practice which is to be published in book form in 1989. The material is based on field research carried out by the author in the Soviet Union over the last four years. The author speaks Russian fluently. |