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.
Regional Development in Central and Eastern Europe: Development processes and policy challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Grzegorz Gorzelak, John Bachtler, Maciej Smętkowski
August 12, 2014
This book provides an up-to-date assessment of the main processes and dilemmas of regional development and regional policy in the newer European Union Member States in Central and Eastern Europe and neighbouring countries. It highlights the difficulties of balancing the demands within the new ...
Russian Cultural Anthropology after the Collapse of Communism
1st Edition
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By Albert Baiburin, Catriona Kelly, Nikolai Vakhtin
August 12, 2014
In Soviet times, anthropologists in the Soviet Union were closely involved in the state’s work of nation building. They helped define official nationalities, and gathered material about traditional customs and suitably heroic folklore, whilst at the same time refraining from work on the reality of ...
The Post-Soviet Russian Orthodox Church: Politics, Culture and Greater Russia
1st Edition
By Katja Richters
August 12, 2014
In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church has become a more prominent part of post-Soviet Russia. A number of assumptions exist regarding the Church’s relationship with the Russian state: that the Church has always been dominated by Russia’s secular elites; that the clerics have not sufficiently...
The Religious Factor in Russia's Foreign Policy
1st Edition
By Alicja Curanović
August 12, 2014
This book examines how religion interacts with Russian foreign policy, arguing that religion is an important and neglected factor in shaping Russia’s outlook towards international relations. It surveys the importance of religion in Russian social life - past and present - and considers the range of...
Lenin's Terror: The Ideological Origins of Early Soviet State Violence
1st Edition
By James Ryan
July 03, 2014
This book explores the development of Lenin’s thinking on violence throughout his career, from the last years of the Tsarist regime in Russia through to the 1920s and the New Economic Policy, and provides an important assessment of the significance of ideological factors for understanding Soviet ...
Believing in Russia - Religious Policy after Communism
1st Edition
By Geraldine Fagan
May 01, 2014
This book presents a comprehensive overview of religious policy in Russia since the end of the communist regime, exposing many of the ambiguities and uncertainties about the position of religion in Russian life. It reveals how religious freedom in Russia has, contrary to the widely held view, a ...
Russian Mass Media and Changing Values
1st Edition
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By Arja Rosenholm, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Elena Trubina
December 12, 2013
This book provides a multi-faceted picture of the many complex processes taking place in the field of contemporary Russian media and popular culture. Russian social and cultural life today is strongly individualised and consumers are offered innumerable alternatives; but at the same time options ...
Rural Women in the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia
1st Edition
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By Irina Mukhina, Liubov Denisova
December 11, 2013
This is the first full-length history of Russian peasant women in the 20th century in English. Filling a significant gap in the literature on rural studies and gender studies of the twentieth century Russia, it is the first to take the story into the twenty-first century. It offers a comprehensive ...
Postcommunist Film - Russia, Eastern Europe and World Culture: Moving Images of Postcommunism
1st Edition
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By Lars Kristensen
October 03, 2013
A post-communist condition has arisen from the fall of the Berlin Wall and later the Soviet Empire: this book looks at how this condition has manifested itself globally in the production of post-communist film. It argues post-communism is a shared experience on a geopolitical level, unlimited by ...
Russian Multinationals: From Regional Supremacy to Global Lead
1st Edition
By Andrei Panibratov
October 03, 2013
Russian multinationals are playing an increasingly important role in the world economy, particularly in some key sectors such as oil, gas and metallurgy. At the same time, Russian multinationals differ in many respects from multinationals from other countries in that they often receive special...
The Russian Armed Forces in Transition: Economic, geopolitical and institutional uncertainties
1st Edition
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By Roger N. McDermott, Bertil Nygren, Carolina Vendil Pallin
October 03, 2013
Although the role of the military in Russia has changed significantly since Soviet times, it continues to exert great influence on Russian politics, economy and society. This book presents a comprehensive overview of current developments related to Russia’s military sector. It considers recent ...
Adapting to Russia's New Labour Market: Gender and Employment Behaviour
1st Edition
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By Sarah Ashwin
July 26, 2013
Economic reform in post-Soviet Russia created not only a devastating decline in living standards, but also widespread insecurity and uncertainty. This book is the first to analyse the situation from a gendered perspective, shedding new light on the way in which Russians are coping with the ...