Russia -The Former Soviet Union & East European Studies Books

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1. Post-Communist Parliaments: The Second Decade

   Edited by David M. Olson, Gabriella Ilonszki

   At the end of the "founding" or initial decade, the new parliaments of post-Communist Europe had developed two distinct types: democratic and presidentially-dominated. Whilst in the early years, they had been characterised as "parliaments in adolescence," they have - through the second decade -...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-56083-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Bolshevising the Soviet Communist Party

   By Younhee Kang

   In the early years of the Soviet Union, the nature of the communist party was not yet fixed. The key features of the communist regime all emerged during the key period of the First Five Year plan, 1928-32. This book, based on extensive original research and making full use of the party archives,...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-36370-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Democracy and State Building in Georgia, 1918-2010

   Edited by Stephen F. Jones

   This book compares and contrasts Georgia’s First Republic, which lasted from 1918 until suppressed by Bolshevik Soviet forces in 1921, with the present Georgian Republic, which gained its independence when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. It shows how on both occasions Georgia emerged from...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-59238-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Economic Power and Economic Strategy in Russia

   Edited by Peeter Vahtra

   In recent years the power relationship between business and the state in Russia has moved strongly in favour of the state, with the state increasingly involved in Russia’s leading business sectors and with increasing state ownership in key industries. This book surveys these important changes and...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-45312-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. The Political Economy of Central Asia

   By Gul Berna Ozcan

   Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Central Asian republics are still coming to terms with their post-communist economies, their role in the region and the wider world, and their needs for identity, governance and growth. The Political Economy of Central Asia is an original study addressing...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-42192-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

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

   Edited by Peter I. Barta

   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...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-59237-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. The Rise of the Ottoman Empire: Studies in the History of Turkey, 13th–15th Centuries

   By Paul Wittek

   Edited by Colin Heywood

   Wittek's The Rise of the Ottoman Empire was first published by the Royal Asiatic Society in 1938, and has been out of print for more than a quarter of a century. The opportunity has been taken at the present reissue of Wittek's 1937 London lectures to bring together in one volume translations of...

   May 2011 | 978-0-7007-1500-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Institutional Reform in Central Asia: Politico-Economic Challenges

   Edited by Joachim Ahrens, Herman W. Hoen

   The countries of Central Asia are increasingly the focus of intense international attention because of their geopolitical and economic importance as well as their unsettled transition processes. The region faced enormous challenges when the Soviet Union disintegrated. Overall, it has made...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-60200-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Asiatic Russia: Imperial Power in Regional and International Contexts

   Edited by Tomohiko UYAMA

   Although the Russian Empire has traditionally been viewed as a European borderland, most of its territory was actually situated in Asia. This book examines the history of the Asian parts of the Russian Empire, investigating the empire’s policy toward various religions and ethnic groups. It charts...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-61537-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Disability in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

    Edited by Michael Rasell, Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova

    There are over thirty million disabled people in Russia and Eastern Europe, yet their voices are rarely heard in scholarly studies of life and well-being in the region. This book brings together new research by internationally recognised local and non-native scholars in a range of countries in...

    May 2011 | 978-0-415-61096-4 | Hardback (Routledge)