Generation in Jeopardy: Children in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

This publication examines the impact of political, social and economic dislocation, ethnic conflict and civil war on the most vulnerable population - children - in the transition societies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. It describes the human cost of the current crisis, especially for children, and documents the worsening poverty and homelessness, huge increases in mortality rates, erosion of many socialist-era achievements (including universal and free social services), the effects of radioactive contamination and widespread environmental degradation, and skyrocketing crime rates, child abuse and exploitation. Comprehensively documented with tables and figures, photographs and bibliographic information.