"A useful text and reference book. These essays are at their best in serving both area study and political sociology."--Slavic Review. "Wolchik and Curry have assembled an all-star cast of experts for an authoritative assessment of the progress the region has made toward libera…
"Focusing on Soviet culture and its social ramifications both during the Soviet period and in the post-Soviet era, this book addresses important themes associated with Sovietisation and socialisation in the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan…
In this saga of brilliant triumphs and magnificent failures, David E. Hoffman, the former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, sheds light on the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these ruthless men-- Alexander Smolensk…
Urban life in post-Soviet Central Asia
Transformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012: Geopolitical, Cultural, and Socioeconomic Shifts by Tomas Kavaliauskas, is an in-depth study of the transformations in Central Europe in the years since the fall of Communism. Using a comparative analysis of geopolitical, …
"In Russian politics reliable information is scarce, formal relations are of relatively little significance, and things are seldom what they seem. Applying an original theory of political language to narratives taken from interviews with 34 of Russia's leading political figures,…
Since the crash of communism in Central and Southeastern Europe in 1989, almost everything in the region has changed ₆ from politics to economics to popular culture to religion. There have been new challenges to confront and new dilemmas. This volume examines the political engag…