Pathways to parenthood in a low fertility context: a grounded theory study of childbearing trajectories among couples in the Republic of Serbia

Thesis

Since the fall of socialism in the 1990s, the Republic of Serbia has experienced the heightening of some complex demographic issues: an ageing population; “brain drains” of labour; and declining fertility rates, to name but a few. Declining fertility rates have been especially politicised in the last two decades, with the country’s government administrations and political periphery seeking to resolve the so-called “low fertility problem” via (family and social) policymaking. Some of the po...

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Authors: Süli, T

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-7ek0y6xaa
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: white plague; low fertility; pro-natalist policy; constructivist grounded theory; gender parity; the Republic of Serbia; life course theory; fertility policy; anomie; Balkans; trajectories; parenting
• Subjects: Fertility; Post communist; Social policy