"A lively and well written comparison of economic transformation in China and the USSR/Russia, combining a good knowledge of the Chinese economy with a radical critique of Western transition orthodoxy, this very topical and very controversial book will be useful reading for stud…
"This book systematically analyzes the dramatic contrast in the results of post-Stalinist reform in China and Russia. In the late 1980s a "transition orthodoxy" about how to reform the communist systems of political economy emerged. It argued for a political revolution to overth…
Journalism is often thought of as the 'fourth estate' of democracy. This book suggests that journalism plays a more radical role in politics, and explores new ways of thinking about news media discourse. It develops an approach to investigating both hegemonic discourse and discu…
"Unique political history of Russia through the lens of alcohol. Filled with colorful stories of how rulers from Peter the Great to Stalin used alcohol to control their courts. Utilizes archival evidence from entire spectrum of Russian history, from the Tsars to Putin. Closes wi…
Overview: Russia is famous for its vodka, and its culture of extreme intoxication. But just as vodka is central to the lives of many Russians, it is also central to understanding Russian history and politics. In Vodka Politics, Mark Lawrence Schrad argues that debilitating socie…
A vibrant, enthralling account of Russia's most fascinating period of history.
"Russia in the Age of Alexander II, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky is both history and story, incorporating in its analysis of Alexander II's turbulent reign the lives and ideas of the period's great writers, thinkers and revolutionaries who made this the Golden Age of Russian literatur…
A vibrant, enthralling account of Russia's most fascinating period of history.
"The book traces the development of art and protest in recent decades, discusses how art of this kind engages in political and social protest, and provides many illustrations as examples of art as protest. The book concludes by discussing how important art has been in facilitati…
