Routledge Europe-Asia Studies
About the Book Series
The Routledge Europe-Asia Studies Series focuses on the history and current political, social and economic affairs of the countries of the former ‘communist bloc’ of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Asia. As well as providing contemporary analyses it explores the economic, political and social transformation of these countries and the changing character of their relationships with the rest of Europe and Asia.
The Ukraine Conflict: Security, Identity and Politics in the Wider Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Derek Averre, Kataryna Wolczuk
February 14, 2019
It is not hyperbole to suggest that the foundations of post-cold war security in Europe have been badly damaged by the conflict in Ukraine since 2014. Russia’s annexation of Crimea and intervention in eastern Ukraine appear to have created a ‘simmering’ conflict, which may take years to ...
Many Faces of the Caucasus
1st Edition
Edited
By Nino Kemoklidze, Cerwyn Moore, Jeremy Smith, Galina Yemelianova
August 23, 2018
Studies of the Caucasus in the West have been dominated by issues of security and ethnic conflict based on Eurocentric theoretical paradigms. By contrast, this volume offers contributions from researchers working within a range of disciplines, including history, social anthropology, sociology ...
Russia's Authoritarian Elections
1st Edition
Edited
By Stephen White
August 23, 2018
Russia is the world’s largest country, and its politics affect the entire international community. Formally, who exercises the power of government is decided, as in Western democracies, by competitive elections that are held at regular intervals. But there have increasingly been doubts about the ...
Russian Regional Politics under Putin and Medvedev
1st Edition
Edited
By Cameron Ross
August 23, 2018
Many authors 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 still far from completed that is of no less importance, the need to reconfigure central-regional relations ...
Transition Economies after 2008: Responses to the crisis in Russia and Eastern Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Martin Myant, Jan Drahokoupil
August 23, 2018
The economic crisis of 2008, starting from the US banking crisis, affected economic and political development in varied ways around the world. This edited volume examines the impact of the crisis on Eastern Europe and Russia, and the resulting policy responses. Taken as a whole, the economies of ...
The State of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe: A Comparative Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Ramona Coman, Luca Tomini
June 16, 2017
The State of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe brings together scholars specialising in the study of Central and Eastern Europe, and provides a comprehensive analysis of some of the major issues in the democratic make-up of the EU’s new member states. The book covers the main dimensions of ...
State against Civil Society: Contentious Politics and the Non-Systemic Opposition in Russia
1st Edition
Edited
By Cameron Ross
June 07, 2017
Over the period December 2011-July 2013, a tidal wave of mass protests swept through the Russian capital and engulfed scores of cities and regions. These demonstrations came as a great shock to the Russian political establishment. After decades of passive acceptance of the status quo, it ...
Self-Determination after Kosovo
1st Edition
Edited
By Annemarie Peen Rodt, Stefan Wolff
May 31, 2017
Kosovo embodies a key moment in the international practice of dealing with secessionist self-determination conflicts. For the first time, outside of the colonial context, and excepting Bangladesh in 1971, an entity's declaration of independence has been widely, albeit not universally, recognised. ...
EU Conditionality in the Western Balkans
1st Edition
Edited
By Florian Bieber
May 24, 2017
This volume examines how European institutions, the European Union in particular through its policy of conditionality, have shaped the post-conflict reconstruction of the Western Balkans. From state-building to democratization and environmental policies, this book explores whether and in ...
Elites and Identities in Post-Soviet Space
1st Edition
Edited
By David Lane
May 24, 2017
The dissolution of the communist system led to the creation of new states and the formation of new concepts of citizenship in the post-Soviet states of Central and Eastern Europe. The formation of national identity also occurred in the context of the process of increasing economic and political ...
Civil Society and Social Capital in Post-Communist Eastern Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Terry Cox
July 22, 2015
This book presents a selection of recent research on the general theme of civil society and social capital. In particular, it brings together in one volume a selection of articles that have helped to take the debate forward on the relation between social capital and democratisation and on the role ...
Explaining Policy Change in the European Union's Eastern Neighbourhood
1st Edition
Edited
By Julia Langbein, Tanja Börzel
July 22, 2015
This edited volume discusses and challenges the conventional wisdoms dominating the scholarship on policy change in the EU's Eastern neighbourhood countries. Drawing upon new empirical evidence underpinning the contributions to this volume, the authors argue that compliance with, or convergence to,...