Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
About the Book Series
The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars on all aspects of Russian and East European Studies.
Understanding Energy Security in Central and Eastern Europe: Russia, Transition and National Interest
1st Edition
Edited
By Wojciech Ostrowski, Eamonn Butler
September 30, 2021
The purpose of this book is to move beyond the approach which views energy as a purely geopolitical tool of the Russian state and assumes a 'one size fits all' approach to energy security in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It argues that in order to fully understand Russian involvement in ...
De Facto States in Eurasia
1st Edition
Edited
By Tomáš Hoch, Vincenc Kopeček
March 31, 2021
This book explores the phenomenon of de facto states in Eurasia: states such as Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic. It examines how they are formed, what sustains them, and how their differing development trajectories have unfolded. It argues that most of these de ...
Law and Power in Russia: Making Sense of Quasi-Legal Practices
1st Edition
By Håvard Bækken
September 30, 2020
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 ...
Soviet and Post-Soviet Sexualities
1st Edition
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By Richard C.M. Mole
September 30, 2020
Despite Soviet Russia having been one of the first major powers to decriminalise homosexual acts between men, attitudes towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in contemporary Russia and the other post-Soviet states have become increasingly hostile, with the introduction of ...
New Conservatives in Russia and East Central Europe
1st Edition
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By Katharina Bluhm, Mihai Varga
June 30, 2020
This book explores the emergence, and in Poland, Hungary, and Russia the coming to power, of politicians and political parties rejecting the consensus around market reforms, democratization, and rule of law that has characterized moves toward an "open society" from the 1990s. It discusses ...
Putin's Third Term as Russia's President, 2012-18
1st Edition
By Larry Black
June 30, 2020
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 ...
The Russian Economic Grip on Central and Eastern Europe
1st Edition
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By Ognian Shentov
June 30, 2020
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 ...
The Russian Economy under Putin
1st Edition
Edited
By Torbjörn Becker, Susanne Oxenstierna
June 30, 2020
This book presents a comprehensive view of the state of the Russian economy under President Putin. It considers the extent of Russia’s integration in the world economy, where Russia’s exports of oil and gas are a key factor, discusses Russia’s internal challenges, including changing demographics, ...
Russia's Regional Identities: The Power of the Provinces
1st Edition
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By Edith Clowes, Gisela Erbslöh, Ani Kokobobo
May 07, 2020
Contemporary Russia is often viewed as a centralised regime based in Moscow, with dependent provinces, made subservient by Putin’s policies limiting regional autonomy. This book, however, demonstrates that beyond this largely political view, by looking at Russia’s regions more in cultural and ...
Civil Society, Social Change, and a New Popular Education in Russia
1st Edition
By W. John Morgan, Irina N. Trofimova, Grigori A. Kliucharev
April 28, 2020
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...
Cultural Forms of Protest in Russia
1st Edition
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By Birgit Beumers, Alexander Etkind, Olga Gurova, Sanna Turoma
December 12, 2019
Alongside the Arab Spring, the 'Occupy' anti-capitalist movements in the West, and the events on the Maidan in Kiev, Russia has had its own protest movements, notably the political protests of 2011–12. As elsewhere in the world, these protests had unlikely origins, in Russia’s case spearheaded by ...
Identity and Nation Building in Everyday Post-Socialist Life
1st Edition
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By Abel Polese, Jeremy Morris, Emilia Pawłusz, Oleksandra Seliverstova
December 12, 2019
This book explores the function of the “everyday” in the formation, consolidation and performance of national, sub-national and local identities in the former socialist region. Based on extensive original research including fieldwork, the book demonstrates how the study of everyday and mundane ...