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1. 1948 and 1968 – Dramatic Milestones in Czech and Slovak History

   Edited by Laura Cashman

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   This volume has been published to coincide with the anniversaries of two significant milestones in Czech and Slovak history – the establishment of communist rule in 1948 and the Prague Spring of 1968 – and in anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the 1989 ‘Velvet Revolution’. Given the ultimate...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Reflections on 1989 in Eastern Europe

   Edited by Terry Cox

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   This book presents a selection of recent research on the events and developments of 1989 in Eastern Europe. It offers a mix of detailed examinations of the events of 1989 in Eastern Europe, thoughtful and considered appraisals of developments, and ‘middle-range’ theoretical discussions of patterns...

   Published November 20th 2012 by Routledge
3. Symbolism and Power in Central Asia

   Politics of the Spectacular

   Edited by Sally Cummings

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   With the collapse of communism, post-communist societies scrambled to find meaning to their new independence. Central Asia was no exception. Events, relationships, gestures, spatial units and objects produced, conveyed and interpreted meaning. The new power container of the five independent states...

   Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
4. EU Conditionality in the Western Balkans

   Edited by Florian Bieber

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   This volume examines how European institutions, the European Union in particular through its policy of conditionality, have shaped the post-conflict reconstruction of the Western Balkans. From state-building to democratization and environmental policies, this book explores whether and in...

   Published August 15th 2012 by Routledge
5. Elites and Identities in Post-Soviet Space

   Edited by David Lane

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   The dissolution of the communist system led to the creation of new states and the formation of new concepts of citizenship in the post-Soviet states of Central and Eastern Europe. The formation of national identity also occurred in the context of the process of increasing economic and political...

   Published April 3rd 2012 by Routledge
6. Globalisation, Freedom and the Media after Communism

   The Past as Future

   Edited by Birgit Beumers, Stephen Hutchings, Natalia Rulyova

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   This book examines the fate of post-Soviet press freedom and media culture in the context of the growing impact of globalisation. To understand the complicated situation that has arisen with respect to these issues in post-Soviet space is impossible without collaboration between political...

   Published December 31st 2011 by Routledge
7. Power and Policy in Putin’s Russia

   Edited by Richard Sakwa

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   The volume provides a retrospective analysis of Putin’s eight years as president between 2000 and 2008. An international group of leading specialists examine Putin’s leadership in an informed and balanced manner. The authors are drawn from Russia itself, as well as from Europe, America and...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
8. Russia's Authoritarian Elections

   Edited by Stephen White

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   Russia is the world’s largest country, and its politics affect the entire international community. Formally, who exercises the power of government is decided, as in Western democracies, by competitive elections that are held at regular intervals. But there have increasingly been doubts about the...

   Published October 30th 2011 by Routledge
9. Russian Regional Politics under Putin and Medvedev

   Edited by Cameron Ross

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   Many authors have alluded to the unique nature of Russia’s dual transition and its difficult task of simultaneously reforming its economy and polity. But there is in fact a third transition still far from completed that is of no less importance, the need to reconfigure central-regional relations...

   Published August 30th 2011 by Routledge
10. The European Union, Russia and the Shared Neighbourhood

    Edited by Jackie Gower, Graham Timmins

    Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

    The conflict in South Ossetia in the summer of 2008 and the Ukrainian energy crisis in early 2009 served to highlight the tensions that continue to influence EU-Russia relations in regard to the region comprising the former republics of the Soviet Union or the ‘shared neighbourhood’. This book...

    Published October 26th 2010 by Routledge