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Articles in the Research & Reference category

Routledge has an illustrious history in research and reference publishing. You can explore this area of the site to learn more about our featured research, reference, monographs, handbooks and major works in Central Asian, Russian & East European Studies. In addition, you can visit one of following areas for broad representation of our reference publishing program:

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Recent Research & Reference Articles

Featured Series: Russian and East European Studies

Edited by Richard Sakwa, Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent, and published on behalf of BASEES (the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies), the primary aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality, research-level work by both new and established scholars, on all aspects of Russian, Soviet, post-Soviet and East European Studies.

Browse all titles in the series here.
Featured Author: Gene Cooper

Gene Cooper’s new book is a multi-sited ethnographic study of market and temple fairs in the region of Jinhua, a city on the east coast of China and the home of Hengdian, “China’s Hollywood.” The Market and Temple Fairs of Rural China: Red Fire weaves together historical and ethnographic methodologies in a spirited account of the genealogies and contemporary practices of a variety of forms of performance at these local gatherings.

Here you can listen to Gene being interviewed by East Asian Studies.
Central and South-Eastern Europe 2012 - Now Available Online

We are pleased to announce that the full content from the first of nine Regional Surveys for 2012 - Central and South-Eastern Europe - is now available online on Europa World Plus.

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

This series is published on behalf of BASEES (the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies). The series comprises original, high-quality, research-level work by both new and established scholars on all aspects of Russian, Soviet, post-Soviet and East European Studies in humanities and social science subjects.
Featured Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

The series offers a wide-ranging cross-section of topics on Russia and Eastern Europe.
15 Books to Consider for European Politics

15 recently published titles in European politics. Ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate course study or research.
Tell Your Librarian About Europa Regional Surveys of the World 2011

Europa will be publishing its highly anticipated Regional Surveys of the World series from August through to December 2010. Fully updated and revised for 2011, this series provides extensive coverage of all the world regions and features detailed statistics, directory information and specially commissioned commentary pieces in nine volumes.
Featured Title: Russia’s Skinheads

A significant contribution to ethnic studies and cultural studies, Russia’s Skinheads is an examination of an extreme nationalist sub-culture in Russia. Based on six years of fieldwork and extensive empirical material, it gives a holistic account of this extremist sub-culture, offering insights into how these groups are conceived and understood by social scientists.