Postcommunist States and Nations
Slovenia: Evolving Loyalties
1st Edition
By John K. Cox
May 14, 2009
A clear and concise introduction to contemporary Slovenia. It examines the country's rapid transition from a collection of provinces in the southern part of the Habsburg Empire, to a republic within Yugoslavia, to an independent state and analyzes the major political and economic developments ...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Polity on the Brink
1st Edition
By Francine Friedman
December 08, 2006
First published in 2007. Emerging from communism in the early 1990s, the new state of Bosnia and Herzegovina was immediately embroiled in devastating ethnonationalist conflict. Now an international protectorate, the choices of its elites may well propel Bosnia either to a stable future, integrated ...
The Russian Far East: The Last Frontier?
1st Edition
By Susan F. Davis
February 28, 2003
This book is a comprehensive introduction to the contemporary Russian Far East (RFE) and offers an argument about federal relations and power in the state. It is the only easily available, single volume book to examine the RFE in such depth....
Croatia: Between Europe and the Balkans
1st Edition
By William Bartlett
December 30, 2002
This book addresses the key developments in economics, politics, international relations and social policy in Croatia over the last decade. It places these developments in their historical context, and shows how current policy dilemmas are structured within the conflicting pressures which ...
Slovakia: The Escape from Invisibility
1st Edition
By Karen Henderson
October 25, 2002
Since Slovakia achieved independent statehood at the end of 1992 it has become one of the most prosperous post-communist states. This book provides a unique and thorough introduction to Slovakia and will enable the reader to understand its multi-faceted nature. The book includes chapters on ...
The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
1st Edition
By Thomas Lane, Artis Pabriks, Aldis Purs, David J. Smith
September 20, 2002
Since the end of the Cold War there has been an increased interest in the Baltics. The Baltic States brings together three titles, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, to provide a comprehensive and analytical guide integrating history, political science, economic development and contemporary events into...
Bulgaria: The Uneven Transition
1st Edition
By Vesselin Dimitrov
August 23, 2002
The communist regime in Bulgaria was perhaps the most stable in Eastern Europe and its demise was brought about only by the general collapse of the Soviet bloc. In the light of this, what is surprising about the country's transitions to democracy and a market economy is not that it has been uneven ...
Estonia: Independence and European Integration
1st Edition
By David Smith
August 23, 2002
In 1998, Estonia became the first of the former Soviet republics to enter membership negotiations with the European Union. Since then it has been hailed as 'the model pupil' amongst the current applicants. This study traces the remarkable reforms that have propelled Estonia from the USSR to the ...
Lithuania: Stepping Westward
1st Edition
By Thomas Lane
August 23, 2002
Lithuania restored her independence, after half a century of Soviet occupation, in the immediate aftermath of the failed Moscow coup in August 1991. As the multi-national Soviet state disintegrated, Lithuania evolved, without war or violence, from a communist state and a command economy to a ...
Latvia: The Challenges of Change
1st Edition
By Artis Pabriks, Aldis Purs
December 21, 2001
The past one hundred years have been a very trying time for Latvia, complete with success, tragedy, and still unrealized promise. Within the course of a generation, the country experienced revolutions, wars and independent statehood, and then the slide into authoritarianism. World War II brought ...
Russia: A State of Uncertainty
1st Edition
By Neil Robinson
December 14, 2001
Over the last hundred years, Russia has undergone a succession of failed projects of state construction - from Tzarist modernisation to Soviet state socialism to liberal democratic market capitalism. This new book introduces these vastly different projects and explains their failure in order to ...
Romania: The Unfinished Revolution
1st Edition
By Stephen Roper
May 01, 2000
The Romanian revolution was motivated by a desire for greater political and intellectual freedom and economic prosperity. It was the bloodiest of the eastern European transitions due to Ceausescu's cult of personality. However, many of the goals of the revolution are still unfulfilled. The lack of ...