Central Asian, Russian & East European Studies

Edited by Susanne Oxenstierna

During the early 2000s the market liberalization reforms to the Russian economy, begun in the 1990s, were consolidated. But since the mid 2000s economic policy has moved into a new phase, characterized by more state intervention with less efficiency and more structural problems. Corruption, weak…

Hardback – 2015-04-22
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Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

By Marcin Kaczmarski

The book　explores　developments in Russia-China relations in the aftermath of the　global economic crisis, arguing that the crisis transformed their bilateral affairs, regional liaisons and, crucially, altered the roles both states play on the international arena.　Discussing how Russo-Chinese…

Hardback – 2015-03-19
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BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

By Stephen Hutchings, Vera Tolz

Russia, one of the most ethno-culturally diverse countries in the world, provides a rich case study on how globalisation and associated international trends are disrupting, and causing the radical rethinking of approaches to, inter-ethnic cohesion. The book highlights the importance of television…

Hardback – 2015-03-12
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BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

By Lena Jonson

The Pussy Riot protest, and the subsequent heavy handed treatment of the protestors, grabbed the headlines, but this was not an isolated instance of art being noticeably critical of the regime. As this book, based on extensive original research, shows, there has been gradually emerging over recent…

Hardback – 2015-02-24
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Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

Edited by Shinichiro Tabata

Taking a long view, and a wide perspective, this book by Japan's leading scholars on Asia and Eurasia provides a comprehensive and systematic comparison of the three greatest powers in the region and assesses how far the recent growth trajectories of these countries are sustainable in the long…

Hardback – 2015-01-08
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Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies

By Alfrid K. Bustanov

Orientalism – the idea that the standpoint of Western writers on the East greatly affected what they wrote about the East, the "Other" – applied also in Russia and the Soviet Union, where the study of the many exotic peoples incorporated into the Russian Empire, often in quite late imperial times,…

Hardback – 2014-12-03
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Central Asian Studies

Edited by Europa Publications

Europa's comprehensive survey of Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. General Survey Leading authorities on the region analyze topics of regional importance. Country Surveys Chapters on each country, containing: - essays on its recent history and economy, and a chronology of events - an…

Hardback – 2016-10-21
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The Europa Regional Surveys of the World

By Iver B. Neumann

The end of the Soviet system and the transition to the market in Russia, coupled with the inexorable rise of nationalism, brought to the fore the centuries-old debate about Russia's relationship with Europe. In this revised and updated second edition of Russia and the Idea of Europe, Iver Neumann…

Paperback – 2016-10-14
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New International Relations

By Choi Chatterjee, Lisa A. Kirschenbaum, Deborah A. Field

Covering the sweep of Russian history from empire to Soviet Union to post-Soviet state, Russia's Long Twentieth Century is a comprehensive yet accessible textbook that situates modern Russia in the context of world history and encourages students to analyse the ways in which citizens learnt to live…

Paperback – 2016-05-17
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