BASEES Annual Conference 2012

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Featured Books at this Event

1. Postcommunist Film - Russia, Eastern Europe and World Culture

   Moving Images of Postcommunism

   Edited by Lars Kristensen

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   A post-communist condition has arisen from the fall of the Berlin Wall and later the Soviet Empire: this book looks at how this condition has manifested itself globally in the production of post-communist film. It argues post-communism is a shared experience on a geopolitical level, unlimited by...

   Published March 25th 2012 by Routledge
2. Health Care Systems in Europe and Asia

   Edited by Christian Aspalter, Yasuo Uchida, Robin Gauld

   Series: Routledge Studies in Social Welfare in Asia

   This book addresses the global need for more comparative studies on health policy and health care systems, given the rise in recent decades of societal aging, modern mass diseases, economic globalization, and resulting permanent fiscal austerity of governments which have fundamentally altered the...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
3. Putin's United Russia Party

   By S. P. Roberts

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

   From its inception in 2001, the United Russia Party has rapidly developed into a hugely successful, organisationally-complex political party and key component of power. This book provides a much needed analysis on United Russia by exploring the role of the party in the Russian political system,...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
4. Russo-Japanese Relations, 1905-17

   From enemies to allies

   By Peter Berton

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   One surprising outcome of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 was that, although Russia was humiliatingly defeated, by 1916 Russia and Japan had become allies. This book provides a detailed analysis of how this remarkable turnaround came about. It traces the evolution of relations between the two...

   Published November 17th 2011 by Routledge
5. The Northwest Caucasus

   Past, present, future

   By Walter Richmond

   Series: Central Asian Studies

   This is the first book to present a comprehensive history of the Northwest Caucasus. Based on extensive research, it describes the peoples of the Northwest Caucasus, which have a significantly different ethnic makeup and history than the Northeast (Chechnya and Daghestan). The book examines their...

   Published August 3rd 2011 by Routledge