BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
About the Book Series
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.
Series editors:
Birgit Beumers, Aberystwyth University, UK / Passau University, Germany
(Visual studies, media and communication: [email protected])
Volodymyr Kulikov, University College London, UK
(Business and economic history: [email protected])
Editorial Advisory Board:
Samuel Foster, University of East Anglia, UK
(SE-Europe: [email protected])
Alun Thomas, University of Staffordshire, UK
(Central Asia and early Soviet: [email protected])
Judith Pallot, University of Oxford, UK
(Anthropology, geography and sociology: [email protected])
Andrew Wilson, University College London, UK
(Ukrainian Studies and politics: [email protected])
Natalia Rulyova, Birmingham,UK
(Russophone literature, translation studies, post-Soviet media culture and genre studies: [email protected])
Please contact the Editor, Louise Ingham, (Routledge) at [email protected], or the relevant Series Editor / Editorial Advistory Board member if you wish to submit a new proposal.
Federalism and Local Politics in Russia
1st Edition
Edited
By Cameron Ross, Adrian Campbell
July 14, 2010
This book examines federalism and regional and local politics in Russia. Many commentators have alluded to the unique nature of Russia's dual transition and its difficult task of simultaneously reforming its economy and polity. But there is in fact a third transition under way in Russia that is of ...
Globalization and the State in Central and Eastern Europe: The Politics of Foreign Direct Investment
1st Edition
By Jan Drahokoupil
July 14, 2010
This book examines the transformation of the state in Central and Eastern Europe since the end of communism and adoption of market oriented reform in the early 1990s, exploring the impact of globalization and economic liberalization on the region’s states, societies and political economy. It ...
Local Politics and Democratization in Russia
1st Edition
By Cameron Ross
July 14, 2010
This comprehensive study of local politics in Russia shows that the key reforms of local government, and the struggle to forge viable grassroots democracies have been inextricably linked to the wider struggle for power between the regions and the Kremlin, and to the specific nature of Russia’s ...
Minority Rights in Central and Eastern Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Bernd Rechel
July 14, 2010
Minority rights is an important issue in all modern states, but for those countries hoping to join the European Union the protection of minorities is a key condition for success in the accession process. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of minority rights in Central and Eastern Europe,...
Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union: Reckoning with the communist past
1st Edition
Edited
By Lavinia Stan
July 14, 2010
During the last two decades, the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have attempted to address the numerous human rights abuses that characterized the decades of communist rule. This book examines the main processes of transitional justice that permitted societies in those ...
Between Stalin and Hitler: Class War and Race War on the Dvina, 1940-46
1st Edition
By Geoffrey Swain
August 14, 2009
Covering the horrors that took place in Latvia from the beginning of the Second World War until 1947, this book focuses on the heart of the 20th century: Stalinist industrialization, collectivization and political annihilation; Nazi expansionism and genocide; with local nationalism, local ...
Soviet Music and Society under Lenin and Stalin: The Baton and Sickle
1st Edition
Edited
By Neil Edmunds
August 14, 2009
This book investigates the place of music in Soviet society during the eras of Lenin and Stalin. It examines the different strategies adopted by composers and musicians in their attempts to carve out careers in a rapidly evolving society, discusses the role of music in Soviet society and people's ...
Russian Society and the Orthodox Church: Religion in Russia after Communism
1st Edition
By Zoe Knox
August 13, 2009
Russian Society and the Orthodox Church examines the Russian Orthodox Church's social and political role and its relationship to civil society in post-Communist Russia. It shows how Orthodox prelates, clergy and laity have shaped Russians' attitudes towards religious and ideological pluralism, ...
Soviet Karelia: Politics, Planning and Terror in Stalin's Russia, 1920–1939
1st Edition
By Nick Baron
June 30, 2009
In 1920, Lenin authorised a plan to transform Karelia, a Russian territory adjacent to Finland, into a showcase Soviet autonomous region, to show what could be achieved by socialist nationalities policy and economic planning, and to encourage other countries to follow this example. However, Stalin’...
News Media and Power in Russia
1st Edition
By Olessia Koltsova
June 02, 2009
The end of communist rule in the Soviet Union brought with it a brave new world of media and commerce. Formerly state-owned enterprises were transformed, often through private ownership, and new corporations sprung up overnight to take advantage of the new atmosphere of freedom. Until now, most ...
Conscience, Dissent and Reform in Soviet Russia
1st Edition
By Philip Boobbyer
May 14, 2009
This book embraces the political, intellectual, social and cultural history of Soviet Russia. Providing a useful perspective of Putin’s Russia, and with a strong historical and religious background, the book: looks at the changing features of the Soviet ideology from Lenin to Stalin, and the ...
Defending Human Rights in Russia: Sergei Kovalyov, Dissident and Human Rights Commissioner, 1969-2003
1st Edition
By Emma Gilligan
May 14, 2009
Sergei Kovalyov is a central figure in the struggle for human rights in Russia. He was a leading Soviet biology academic and, in the 1970s after becoming active in dissident circles, was arrested by the KGB, tried, imprisoned and subjected to internal exile. After his release, he continued to work ...