24th Edition

Central and South-Eastern Europe 2024

Edited By Europa Publications Copyright 2024
840 Pages
by Routledge

A comprehensive survey of the countries and territories of this region, incorporating the latest economic and political developments. General Survey Essays by acknowledged experts in the region cover a variety of topical issues. In addition, appendices discuss the religions of the region and the Russian Baltic territory of Kaliningrad. Country Surveys Individual chapters for each... Read more

PART ONE General Survey

  

Divided Democracies in the Visegrad Four

KAREN HENDERSON

 

The Impact of the People’s Republic of China in South-Eastern Europe

ANASTAS VANGELI

 

Russian Influence in South-Eastern Europe

DIMITAR BECHEV

 

The Baltic Transformation: From Communist Subjugation to Democratic Sovereignty

SANDIS ŠRĀDERS

 

Modern Greece in South-Eastern Europe

OTHON ANASTASAKIS

 

  

Appendix 1: The Religions of the Region

 

 

Appendix 2: The Kaliningrad Region

 

  

PART TWO Country Surveys

  

Sections on geography, chronology, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country

 

 

ALBANIA

History

KLODIANA BESHKU

Economy

LUCA J. UBERTI

 

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

 

History

 MARKO ATTILA HOARE

Economy

WILL BARTLETT

 

 

BULGARIA

 

History 

EMILIA ZANKINA

Economy

DANIELA BOBEVA (revised by the editorial staff)

 

 

CROATIA

 

History

MARCUS TANNER

Economy

TENA PRELEC

 

 

THE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECHIA)

 

 

History 

FILIP KOSTELKA

Economy

 LENKA FILIPOVÁ and Dr MARIOLA PYTLIKOVÁ

 

 

ESTONIA

  

History

ANDRES KASEKAMP

Economy

URMAS VARBLANE

 

 

GREECE

 

History

DAVID LEA

Economy

DAVID LEA

 

HUNGARY

 

History

TOBIAS SPÖRI

Economy

GÁBOR SCHEIRING and Dr MÁTÉ VERES

 

 

KOSOVO

 

History

OTHON ANASTASAKIS

Economy

LUCA J. UBERTI

 

 

LATVIA

 

History

INDRA EKMANIS

Economy

DAUNIS AUERS

 

 

LITHUANIA

 

History

KĘSTUTIS GIRNIUS

Economy

KĘSTUTIS GIRNIUS (revised by CVETE KONESKA)

 

MONTENEGRO

 

History

FLORIAN BIEBER (revised by CLAUDIA LAŠTRO)

Economy

MILENA KONATAR AND JOVAN ƉURAŠKOVIĆ 

 

 

NORTH MACEDONIA

 

History

DIMITAR BECHEV

Economy

WILL BARTLETT

  

POLAND

 

History

ANITA J. PRAZMOWSKA

Economy

ANNA VISVIZI

 

 

ROMANIA

 

History

TOM GALLAGHER

Economy

CVETE KONESKA

 

SERBIA

 

History

MARKO ATTILA HOARE

Economy

CVETE KONESKA

 

 

Autonomous Province:

 

Vojvodina

 

Bibliography 

 

SLOVAKIA

 

History

ANDREW RYDER

Economy

ANDREW RYDER

 

 

SLOVENIA 

History

CATHIE CARMICHAEL

Economy

 ALEN TOPLIŠEK

 

 

PART THREE Who’s Who of Central and South-Eastern Europe

 

PART FOUR Regional Information

REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

RESEARCH INSTITUTES

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)

  

Index of Regional Organizations

Biography

Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field:

 

Othon Anastasakis. Director, European Studies Centre and Director, South East European Studies at University of Oxford, and Senior Research Fellow, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

 

Daunis Auers. Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Latvia, Rīga, Latvia.

Will Bartlett. Deputy Director, LSE Research on Southeast Europe, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, London, United Kingdom.

 

Dimitar Bechev. Lecturer, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, and visiting scholar, Carnegie Europe, Brussels, Belgium.

Klodiana Beshku. Lecturer in Geopolitics and International Relations, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania.

Florian Bieber. Professor of Southeast European History and Politics, Director of the Centre for Southeast European Studies, and Co-ordinator, Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG), University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

Daniela Bobeva. Professor at the University of Finance, Business and Entrepreneurship, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Cathie Carmichael. Professor of European History, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom.

Jovan Ðurašković. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro.

Indra Ekmanis. Non-resident Baltic Sea Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Lenka Filipová. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Tom Gallagher. Emeritus Professor, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom.

Kęstutis Girnius. Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Karen Henderson. University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava, Slovakia.

Marko Attila Hoare. Department of Political Science and International Relations, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Andres Kasekamp. Professor of History and Chair. of Estonian Studies at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Milena Konatar. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro.

Cvete Koneska. Head of Advisory at Dragonfly Intelligence, London, United Kingdom.

Filip Kostelka. Chair in Political and Social Change, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy, and Professor and Senior Lecturer, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom.

Claudia Laštro. Teaching Assistant, Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

David Lea. Political and economic analyst specializing in European affairs. 

Anita Prazmowska. Professor of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, London, United Kingdom.

Tena Prelec. Centre for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.

Mariola Pytliková. Assistant Professor, Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CERGE-EI), Prague, Czech Republic.

Andrew Ryder. Political and economic analyst, researcher and consultant on regional economic development, regional geography and sustainability; and retired lecturer, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. 

Gábor Scheiring. Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Social and Political Sciences and the Dondena Centre, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.

Tobias Spöri. Researcher, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Sandis Šrāders. Lecturer, Baltic Defence College, Tartu, Estonia, and Researcher, Centre for Security and Strategic Research, Latvian National Defence Academy, Rīga, Latvia.

Marcus Tanner. Journalist and author.

Alen Toplišek. Senior Lecturer in Global Affairs and Politics, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom.

Luca J. Uberti. Assistant Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

Anastas Vangeli. Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 

Urmas Varblane. Professor of International Business, School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia. 

Máté Veres. Political and economic analyst based in Budapest, Hungary.

Anna Visvizi. Associate Professor, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland, and Fellow, Hellenic Institute of Growth and Prosperity, American College of Greece, Athens, Greece.

Emilia Zankina. Dean, Temple University Rome, Rome, Italy.