Articulations of Capital offers an accessible, grounded, yet theoretically-sophisticated account of the geographies of global production networks, value chains, and regional development in post-socialist Eastern and Central Europe. * Proposes a new theorization of global value c…
Kapka Kassabova returns to Bulgaria, from where she emigrated as a girl twenty-five years previously, to explore the border it shares with Turkey and Greece. When she was a child, the border zone was rumored to be an easier crossing point into the West than the Berlin Wall, and …
This edition includes Kaliningrad for the first time, alongside Albania and Macedonia and covers all of Eastern Europe. Regional itineraries offer a mix of classic and less travelled routes. Maps are included throughout
This phrasebook covers 11 languages with a simple and easy pronunciation guide throughout. It contains a new added feature of a mini-dictionary for each language
Although the Soviet empire no longer exists, old and new relationships between centres and peripheries still shape realities in the region. The case studies presented in this volume analyse the relevance of the centre-periphery distinction for the understanding of the post-Sovie…
Introduction : welfare states and postcommunist transitions -- Old welfare state structures and reform strategies -- Non-negotiated liberalization : decentralizing Russia's welfare state and moving it off-budget -- Contested liberalization : Russia's politics of polarization and…
Otte artikler på engelsk om NATOS fremtid set i lyset af Warsawapagtens sammenbrud og Sovjetunionens opløsning.
Ian D. Armour's authoritative history of Eastern Europe spans the turbulent years between 1740 and 1918, providing a compelling account of how the concept of Eastern Europe as a distinct region began to emerge at the beginning of the 20th century
Focus on the variety of ways in which governments have sought to define the nascent nation states - and in the process have often oversimplified the complex and overlapping processes at play across the region
A comprehensive study of the origin, nature, and consequences of corruption - the misuse of public power for private gain - in post-communist societies. Suggesting innovative and practical institutional strategies for containing corruption, this book achieves a balance of discip…
