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Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars on all aspects of Russian and East European Studies.

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1-10 of 41 results in Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
  1. Believing in Russia - Religious Policy after Communism

    By Geraldine Fagan

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    This book presents a comprehensive overview of religious policy in Russia since the end of the communist regime, exposing many of the ambiguities and uncertainties about the position of religion in Russian life. It reveals how religious freedom in Russia has, contrary to the widely held view, a...

    Published January 20th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Adapting to Russia's New Labour Market

    Gender and Employment Behaviour

    Edited by Sarah Ashwin

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    Economic reform in post-Soviet Russia created not only a devastating decline in living standards, but also widespread insecurity and uncertainty. This book is the first to analyse the situation from a gendered perspective, shedding new light on the way in which Russians are coping with the...

    Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge

  3. The Transition to National Armies in the Former Soviet Republics, 1988-2005

    By Jesse Paul Lehrke

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    This book looks at the militaries of the late-Soviet and post-Soviet republics. Beginning with the end of the Soviet era, it recognises that the successor states did not spring from nowhere, but inherited a legacy that influenced all that followed. The book discusses how politicians control the...

    Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Economic Development in Tatarstan

    Global Markets and a Russian Region

    By Leo McCann

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    Based on extensive original research in the Republic of Tatarstan, in the Central Volga region of Russia, this book examines the economic development path followed by Tatarstan since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Russian financial crash of 1998. It argues that the roles of global...

    Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge

  5. The Changing Russian University

    From State to Market

    By Tatiana Maximova-Mentzoni

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    When the Soviet Union collapsed universities were freed from state control and left to themselves. This forced universities to be much more market-oriented. This book explores this transformation from the end of the Soviet Union until the present. Based on extensive original research, the book...

    Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge

  6. Building Democracy and Civil Society East of the Elbe

    Essays in Honour of Edmund Mokrzycki

    By Sven Eliaeson

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    This book explores the idea of civil society and how it is being implemented in Eastern Europe. The implosion of the Russian empire fifteen years ago and the new wave of democratization opened a new field of inquiry. The wide-ranging debate on the transition became focused on a conceptual battle,...

    Published September 18th 2012 by Routledge

  7. Managing Ethnic Diversity in Russia

    Edited by Oleh Protsyk, Benedikt Harzl

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the norms and practices of ethnic diversity management in the Russian Federation in the last twenty years. It examines the evolution of the legal framework, the institutional architecture and the policies intended to address the large number of...

    Published August 5th 2012 by Routledge

  8. EU-Russian Border Security

    Challenges, (Mis)Perceptions and Responses

    By Serghei Golunov

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    The land border between Russia and the European Union is one of the longest land borders in the world, with very considerable trade flowing across the border in both directions. This book examines the nature of the EU-Russia border, and the issues connected with its management. It describes the...

    Published July 22nd 2012 by Routledge

  9. The Post-Soviet Russian Orthodox Church

    Politics, Culture and Greater Russia

    By Katja Richters

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church has become a more prominent part of post-Soviet Russia. A number of assumptions exist regarding the Church’s relationship with the Russian state: that the Church has always been dominated by Russia’s secular elites; that the clerics have not sufficiently...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge

  10. Power and Legitimacy - Challenges from Russia

    Edited by Per-Arne Bodin, Stefan Hedlund, Elena Namli

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    This book sheds new light on the continuing debate within political thought as to what constitutes power, and what distinguishes legitimate from illegitimate power. It does so by considering the experience of Russia, a polity where experiences of the legitimacy of power and the collapse of power...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge