Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

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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