title: Combating Low Life Expectancy and Low Fertility in Tumultuous Political Times: A Comparison of the Ukraine, Russia and Belarus
abstract: Through the three key drivers of demographic change—fertility, ageing and migration—this chapter explores the interconnections between the population changes and politics in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine by combining two research disciplines—demography and political science. After providing a comparative account for each critical driver of population change, the authors explore the ad hoc government policy interventions intended to cope with the dramatic shift in population composition. The ageing