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 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, Borzel Tanja
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,...
Reflections on 1989 in Eastern Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Terry Cox
July 16, 2015
This book presents a selection of recent research on the events and developments of 1989 in Eastern Europe. It offers a mix of detailed examinations of the events of 1989 in Eastern Europe, thoughtful and considered appraisals of developments, and ‘middle-range’ theoretical discussions of patterns ...
The European Union, Russia and the Shared Neighbourhood
1st Edition
Edited
By Jackie Gower, Graham Timmins
April 11, 2013
The conflict in South Ossetia in the summer of 2008 and the Ukrainian energy crisis in early 2009 served to highlight the tensions that continue to influence EU-Russia relations in regard to the region comprising the former republics of the Soviet Union or the ‘shared neighbourhood’. This book ...
1948 and 1968 – Dramatic Milestones in Czech and Slovak History
1st Edition
Edited
By Laura Cashman
February 27, 2013
This volume has been published to coincide with the anniversaries of two significant milestones in Czech and Slovak history – the establishment of communist rule in 1948 and the Prague Spring of 1968 – and in anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the 1989 ‘Velvet Revolution’. Given the ultimate ...
Symbolism and Power in Central Asia: Politics of the Spectacular
1st Edition
Edited
By Sally Cummings
November 13, 2012
With the collapse of communism, post-communist societies scrambled to find meaning to their new independence. Central Asia was no exception. Events, relationships, gestures, spatial units and objects produced, conveyed and interpreted meaning. The new power container of the five independent states ...
Globalisation, Freedom and the Media after Communism: The Past as Future
1st Edition
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By Birgit Beumers, Stephen Hutchings, Natalia Rulyova
September 02, 2012
This book examines the fate of post-Soviet press freedom and media culture in the context of the growing impact of globalisation. To understand the complicated situation that has arisen with respect to these issues in post-Soviet space is impossible without collaboration between political ...