Russian & Soviet Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. The Soviet Union - Federation or Empire?

   By Tania Raffass

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe

   The Soviet Union is often characterised as nominally a federation, but really an empire, liable to break up when individual federal units, which were allegedly really subordinate colonial units, sought independence. This book questions this interpretation, revisiting the theory of federation, and...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
2. Energy Dependency, Politics and Corruption in the Former Soviet Union

   Russia's Power, Oligarchs' Profits and Ukraine's Missing Energy Policy, 1995-2006

   By Margarita M. Balmaceda

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   Energy has become a major element to Russia's attempts, under Putin, to restore its influence over former Soviet territories and reaffirm itself as the dominant regional power. This book investigates how Russia has manipulated the energy of its neighbours on Russian energy supplies to achieve its...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Russian Legal Culture Before and After Communism

   Criminal Justice, Politics and the Public Sphere

   By Frances Nethercott

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   Following the emancipation of the serfs in 1861, and again during the Gorbachev and Yel’tsin eras, the issue of individual legal rights and freedoms occupied a central place in the reformist drive to modernize criminal justice. While in tsarist Russia the gains of legal scholars and activists in...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Demise of the Soviet Communist Party

   By Atsushi Ogushi

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   This book, based on extensive original research in previously unexplored sources, including the party archives, provides a great deal of new information on the disintegration of the Soviet communist party, in 1991 and the preceding years. It argues that, contrary to prevailing views, the party was...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Multilateral Dimension in Russian Foreign Policy

   Edited by Elana Wilson Rowe, Stina Torjesen

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   This book examines the place of multilateralism in Russia’s foreign policy and Russia’s engagement with multilateral institutions. Throughout the post-Soviet period, both Yeltsin and Putin consistently professed a deep attachment to the principles of multilateralism. However, multilateralism as a...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. Organized Crime and Corruption in Georgia

   Edited by Louise Shelley, Erik R. Scott, Anthony Latta

   Series: Routledge Transnational Crime and Corruption

   Georgia is one of the most corrupt and crime-ridden nations of the former Soviet Union. In the Soviet period, Georgians played a major role in organized crime groups and the shadow economy operating throughout the Soviet Union, and in the post-Soviet period, Georgia continues to be important source...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
7. Socialist Revolutions in Asia

   The Social History of Mongolia in the 20th Century

   By Irina Y. Morozova

   Series: Central Asian Studies

   Contemporary Mongolia is often seen as one of the most open and democratic societies in Asia, undergoing remarkable post-socialist transformation. Although the former ruling party, the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (the MPRP), has fundamentally changed its platform, it holds leadership and...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Politics of Transition in Central Asia and the Caucasus

   Enduring Legacies and Emerging Challenges

   Edited by Amanda E Wooden, Christoph H. Stefes

   Series: Central Asian Studies

   Most books on the Caucasus and Central Asia are country-by-country studies. This book, on the other hand, fills a gap in Central Eurasian studies as one of the few comparative case study books on Central Eurasia, covering both the Caucasus and Central Asia; it considers key themes right across the...

   Published May 4th 2012 by Routledge
9. Russia and Europe

   Building Bridges, Digging Trenches

   Edited by Kjell Engelbrekt, Bertil Nygren

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   Russian-European political relations have always been problematic and one of the main reasons for this is the different perspectives on even the very basic notions and concepts of political life. With a worldwide recession, the problems as well as the opportunities in Russian-European relations are...

   Published May 4th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Political Economy of Reform in Central Asia

    Uzbekistan under Authoritarianism

    By Martin C. Spechler

    Series: Central Asia Research Forum

    This book examines the economic reforms and material progress made since the Central Asian republics became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991. Without some of the neo-liberal reforms recommended by the "Washington Consensus" and with an authoritarian presidency, Uzbekistan, the largest of...

    Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge