Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

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1. The Fall of the Iron Curtain and the Culture of Europe

   Edited by Peter I. Barta

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   The end of communism in Europe has tended to be discussed mainly in the context of political science and history. This book, in contrast, assesses the cultural consequences for Europe of the disappearance of the Soviet bloc. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the book examines the new...

   Published April 2nd 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 March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Russia's Skinheads

   Exploring and Rethinking Subcultural Lives

   By Hilary Pilkington, Al'bina Garifzianova, Elena Omel'chenko

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   Russia’s Skinheads: Exploring and Rethinking Subcultural Lives provides a thorough examination of the phenomenon of skinheads, explaining its nature and its significance, and assessing how far Russian skinhead subculture is the ‘lumpen’ end of the extreme nationalist ideological spectrum. There are...

   Published March 18th 2013 by Routledge
4. Rural Women in the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia

   By Liubov Denisova

   Edited by Irina Mukhina

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   This is the first full-length history of Russian peasant women in the 20th century in English. Filling a significant gap in the literature on rural studies and gender studies of the twentieth century Russia, it is the first to take the story into the twenty-first century. It offers a comprehensive...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
5. Russian Mass Media and Changing Values

   Edited by Arja Rosenholm, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Elena Trubina

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   This book provides a multi-faceted picture of the many complex processes taking place in the field of contemporary Russian media and popular culture. Russian social and cultural life today is strongly individualised and consumers are offered innumerable alternatives; but at the same time options...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Heritage of Soviet Oriental Studies

   Edited by Michael Kemper, Stephan Conermann

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   This book examines the Russian/Soviet intellectual tradition of Oriental and Islamic studies, which comprised a rich body of knowledge especially on Central Asia and the Caucasus. The Soviet Oriental tradition was deeply linked to politics – probably even more than other European ‘Orientalisms’. It...

   Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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 October 22nd 2012 by Routledge