Russian & Soviet Politics Products

By Uilleam Blacker

After the Second World War, millions of people across Eastern Europe, displaced as a result of wartime destruction, deportations and redrawing of state boundaries, found themselves living in cities that were filled with the traces of the foreign cultures of the former inhabitants. In the immediate…

Hardback – 2019-03-18 
Routledge
BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

Edited by Vlad Strukov, Sarah Hudspith

This book brings together scholars from across a variety of disciplines who use different methodologies to interrogate the changing nature of Russian culture in the twenty-first century. The book considers a wide range of cultural forms that have been instrumental in globalizing Russia. These…

Hardback – 2018-12-12
Routledge
BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

By Ann-Mari Sätre

This book provides an overview of poverty and well-being in Russia. Increasing poverty rates during the 1990s were followed by greater attention to social policies in the 2000s and increased efforts to engage people in socially oriented NGOs and ‘encourage’ them to contribute to the fulfillment of…

Hardback – 2018-12-11
Routledge
Studies in Contemporary Russia

By Håvard Bækken

This book explores the issue of selective law enforcement, arguing that the manipulation of the legal system by powerful insiders is a distinctive feature of Putinism, reflecting both its hybrid authoritarianism and Russian legal culture. Based on extensive research including interviews with the…

Hardback – 2018-12-05
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Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

Edited by Kevork Oskanian, Derek Averre

The Caucasus, including the South Caucasus states and Russia’s North Caucasus, continues to be an area of instability and conflict. This book, based on extensive original research, explores in detail at both the local and regional level the interaction between state and society and the impact of…

Hardback – 2018-12-04
Routledge
BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

By Jamil Hasanli

Ali Mardan bey Topchibashov was a prominent politician, who played a crucial role in the history of Azerbaijan. One of the most striking personalities in the history of Azerbaijan, the founder of liberal ideas, and the first President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, he led the Muslim faction in the…

Hardback – 2018-11-29
Routledge
Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe

By Larry Black

This book provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of Putin’s third term as Russia’s president. It covers political, international relations, economic and social issues, and provides a balanced assessment of Putin’s successes and failures. These include the conflict in Ukraine, the…

Hardback – 2018-11-27
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Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

Edited by Tobias Koellner

This book explores the relationship between Orthodox religion and politics in Eastern Europe, Russia and Georgia. It demonstrates how as these societies undergo substantial transformation Orthodox religion can be both a limiting and an enabling factor, how the relationship between religion and…

Hardback – 2018-11-27
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Routledge Religion, Society and Government in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet States

Edited by Ognian Shentov

This book is about the use of economic and state capture levers for achieving political clout. It details how Moscow has been able to exploit governance deficits and influence decision-making in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe through a range of economic means. The comparative country…

Hardback – 2018-10-25
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Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

Edited by Nora Vanaga, Toms Rostoks

This edited volume examines deterrence and the defense efforts of European states neighboring Russia, following the Crimean intervention. Deterrence, after being largely absent from debates among academics and policy-makers for almost a quarter of a century, has made a comeback in Europe. Since…

Hardback – 2018-10-03
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Contemporary Security Studies

By W. John Morgan, Irina N. Trofimova, Grigori A. Kliucharev

Civil Society, Social Change and a New Popular Education in Russia is a detailed account of contemporary issues that draws upon recent survey research conducted by the Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as from secondary published work in both Russian and English. The book…

Hardback – 2018-09-20
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Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

By P. Sean Morris

A number of recent events in the last decade have renewed interest in Russian discourses on international law. This book evaluates and presents a contemporary analysis of Russian discourses on international law from various perspectives, including sociological, theoretical, political, and…

Hardback – 2018-09-11
Routledge
Routledge Research in International Law