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  • Exploring Ukrainian Politics

    Institutions, Actors, and Policy Areas

    Edited by Michael Dobbins, Eduard Klein ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This textbook, written by respected experts on social science and political science research concerning Eastern Europe, offers a comprehensive overview of the political history of and contemporary domestic politics in Ukraine. The authors analyze the tense relationship between (re)democratization and (re)authoritarization, as well as the driving forces behind the remarkable political and economic ... Read more

    $125.09 USD

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    Social Consequences of the 1989 Revolutions

    by Kristen Ghodsee, Mitchell Orenstein ...
    Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell A. Orenstein blend empirical data with lived experiences to produce a robust picture of who won and who lost in post-communist transition, contextualizing the rise of populism in Eastern Europe. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, more than 400 million people suddenly found themselves in a new reality, a dramatic transition from state socialist and centrally ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Authoritarian Russia

    Analyzing Post-Soviet Regime Changes

    by Vladimir Gel'man ...
    Series Book 233 - Russian and East European Studies
    Russia today represents one of the major examples of the phenomenon of "electoral authoritarianism" which is characterized by adopting the trappings of democratic institutions (such as elections, political parties, and a legislature) and enlisting the service of the country's essentially authoritarian rulers. Why and how has the electoral authoritarian regime been consolidated in Russia? What are ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Central and East European Politics

    Changes and Challenges

    Edited by Daina S. Eglitis, Paula M. Pickering, Zsuzsa Csergo ...
    Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this essential text provides a comprehensive introduction to Central and Eastern Europe, including the Baltics and Ukraine. Broad but nuanced, it offers a reader-friendly overview of the globally and regionally significant changes and challenges the region faces. Divided into two parts, the book first presents thematic chapters on key issues, including ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Russia after 2012

    From Putin to Medvedev to Putin – Continuity, Change, or Revolution?

    Edited by J.L. Black, Michael Johns ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
    This book provides an overview of the state of Russia after the 2012 presidential election. It considers a wide range of both domestic and international issues, examining both the run up to and the consequences of the election. It covers political, economic, and social topics. It assesses the political scene both before and after the election, and discusses the nature of and likely future of ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Ukraine and the Empire of Capital

    From Marketisation to Armed Conflict

    by Yuliya Yurchenko ...
    Since 1991, nominally independent Ukraine has been in turmoil, with the Orange Revolution and the Maidan protests marking its most critical moments. Now, its borders are threatened and the civil unrest and armed conflict continue to destabilise the country. In order to understand these dramatic events, Yuliya Yurchenko looks to the country’s post-Soviet past in this ambitious analysis of ... Read more

    $25.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Russian Politics Today

    Stability and Fragility

    Edited by Susanne A. Wengle ...
    Russian Politics Today: Stability and Fragility provides an accessible and nuanced introduction to contemporary Russian politics at a time of increasing uncertainty. Using the theme of stability versus fragility as its overarching framework, this innovative textbook explores the forces that shape Russia's politics, economy, and society. The volume provides up-to-date coverage of core themes – ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Russia–EU Relations and the Common Neighborhood

    Coercion vs. Authority

    by Irina Busygina ...
    Series series Post-Soviet Politics
    Examining Russia–EU relations in terms of the forms and types of power tools they use, this book argues that the deteriorating relations between Russia and the EU lie in the deep differences in their preferences for the international status quo. These different approaches, combined with economic interdependence and geographic proximity, means both parties experience significant difficulties in ... Read more

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  • Russia's Changing Economic and Political Regimes

    The Putin Years and Afterwards

    Edited by Andrey Makarychev, Andre Mommen ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
    The book reveals the interconnection between social, cultural and political protest movements and social and economic changes in a post-communist country like Russia still dominated by bureaucratic rulers and "oligarchs" controlling all basic industries and mining activities. Those interests are also dominating Russia’s foreign policy and explain why Russia did not succeed in becoming an integral ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Pluralism by Default

    Weak Autocrats and the Rise of Competitive Politics

    by Lucan Way ...
    " Pluralism by Default will change the way we understand the emergence of democracies and the consolidation of autocracies." —Chrystia Freeland, author of PlutocratsExploring sources of political contestation in the former Soviet Union and beyond, Pluralism by Default proposes that pluralism in "new democracies" is often grounded less in democratic leadership or emerging civil society and more in ... Read more

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  • The Origins of Dominant Parties

    Building Authoritarian Institutions in Post-Soviet Russia

    by Ora John Reuter ...
    In many autocracies, regime leaders share power with a ruling party, which can help generate popular support and reduce conflict among key elites. Such ruling parties are often called dominant parties. In other regimes, leaders prefer to rule solely through some combination of charisma, patronage, and coercion, rather than sharing power with a dominant party. This book explains why dominant ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Authoritarian Modernization in Russia

    Ideas, Institutions, and Policies

    Edited by Vladimir Gel'man ...
    Series series Studies in Contemporary Russia
    Post-Communist Russia is an instance of the phenomenon of authoritarian modernization project, which is perceived as a set of policies intended to achieve a high level of economic development, while political freedoms remain beyond the current modernization agenda or are postponed to a distant future. Why did Russia (unlike many countries of post-Communist Europe) pursue authoritarian ... Read more

    $65.99 USD