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An Unsettled Nation: State-Building, Identity, and Separatism in Post-Soviet Moldova by Eduard Baidaus 9783838215822
RRP: $111.30$91.33This book investigates state-building, distorted identities, and separatism in the Republic of Moldova. At various times, this region was a former imperial Russia borderland, a province in interwar Romania, a republic in the Soviet Union, and ultimately... -
The Maidan Museum: Preserving the Spirit of Maidan: Art, Identity, and the Revolution of Dignity by Giovanni Ercolani 9783838217635
RRP: $46.20$37.76The book examines the relation between art created during the so-called Revolution of Dignity-Maidan Events (November 21, 2013 - February 23, 2014, Ukraine) and the mission of the Maidan Museum (Kyiv, Ukraine) born from the ashes of Euromaidan, to... -
Roy and Zhores Medvedev: Loyal Dissent in the Soviet Union by Barbara Martin 9798887191812
RRP: $222.58$184.21Roy and Zhores Medvedev, two identical twins with a unique fate, not only lived through a whole century of history, from Stalin to Putin, they wrote and made history. Their research on Stalinism, the first to come out of the Soviet Union in the... -
Russia and the 2018 FIFA World Cup by Richard Arnold 9780367723101
RRP: $79.78$70.10Despite many negative expectations of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia delivered one of the best World Cups in living memory. This book brings together leading scholars working in Russian studies, sociology and political science to analyse the 2018 World... -
Protest in Putin's Russia by Mischa Gabowitsch 9780745696256
RRP: $115.50$101.07The Russian protests, sparked by the 2011 Duma election, have been widely portrayed as a colourful but inconsequential middle-class rebellion, confined to Moscow and organized by an unpopular opposition. In this sweeping new account of the protests,... -
Winter Is Coming (INTL PB ED): Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped by Garry Kasparov
$33.45The ascension of Vladimir Putin--a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB--to thepresidency of Russia in 1999 should have been a signal that the country was headedaway from democracy. Yet in the intervening years--as America and the world's otherleading... -
“He Stole Our Country”: Putin's Exiles and Their Fight for a Better Russia by Paul Starobin
RRP: $27.28$18.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987053607Author Paul StarobinFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Columbia Global ReportsPublisher Columbia Global Reports -
Complaints to the Authorities in Russia: A Trap Between Tradition and Legal Modernization by Elena Bogdanova
RRP: $79.78$70.10This book considers the process of legal modernization in Russia from the development of the mechanism of complaints addressed to the authorities from the pre-revolutionary period to today. It analyzes wide-ranging data and sources, collected over 17... -
Experiencing Europeanization in the Black Sea an - Inter-Regionalism, Norm Diffusion, Legal Approximation, and Contestation by Gaga Gabrichidze
RRP: $75.60$63.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783838214580Author Gaga GabrichidzeFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Ibidem PressPublisher Ibidem Press -
Russian Voices on Post-Crimea Russia - An Almanac of Counterpoint Essays from 2015-2018 by Maria Lipman
RRP: $63.00$50.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783838212517Author Maria LipmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian SchonPublisher ibidem-Verlag, Jessica... -
A Cosmopolitan Model for Peacebuilding: The Ukrainian Cases of Crimea and the Donbas by Marc Dietrich
RRP: $94.50$77.18Ukraine is again-since its annexation of Crimea in February 2014 and the ongoing war in the Donbass-the stage of the largest crisis in Europe since the end of the Cold War. When it comes to understanding the resolution and prevention of complex hybrid... -
Russian Hybrid Warfare: Resurgence and Politicization by Ofer Fridman
RRP: $57.75$57.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197660430Author Ofer FridmanFormat PaperbackImprint OUP IndiaPublisher OUP IndiaWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 26mm -
Siberia: Problems and Prospects for Regional Development by Alan Wood
RRP: $60.88$52.69First published in 1987, Siberia examines the developments in the different sectors of Siberian economy and discusses the role of this vast and little-known region in the Soviet Union’s overall economic and defence strategy. It surveys historical... -
The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of "Democracy" in Russian Political Discourse: Volume 1. The Path from Disaster toward Russian "Democracy" by David Cratis Williams
RRP: $207.88$172.28The essays in this book examine the arguments and rhetoric used by the United States and the USSR following two catastrophes that impacted both countries, as blame is cast and consequences are debated. In this environment, it was perhaps inevitable that... -
Ethnic Entrepreneurs Unmasked: Political Institutions and Ethnic Conflicts in Contemporary Bulgaria by Dr. Petar Cholakov
RRP: $63.00$50.76Based on an institutional approach to ethnic conflict, Petar Cholakov highlights the idiosyncrasies of, and the challenges to, inter-ethnic relations in Bulgaria. He traces the emergence of the currently implemented Bulgarian ethnic model in its... -
Everyday Foreign Policy: Performing and Consuming the Russian Nation After Crimea by Elizaveta Gaufman
RRP: $178.50$156.47While everyday high level practices have become an important area of study, the everyday of the every(wo)man has been overlooked both in theoretical and empirical conceptualizations. Building on feminist, sociological, and ethnographic research, this... -
The Crisis and the Crash by Richard B Day
RRP: $44.08$42.74A large literature exists in the West on the state that emerged from the October Revolution, and the internal controversies that punctuated its development have themselves been extensively examined. Richard Day's book advances into territory hitherto... -
A Fateful Triangle: Essays on Contemporary Russian, German and Polish History by Leonid Luks
RRP: $71.40$58.84The 20th century began with a deep identity crisis of European parliamentarianism, pluralism, rationalism, individualism, and liberalism-and a following political revolt against the Wests emerging open societies and their ideational foundation. In its... -
The European Unions Democracy Promotion in Central Asia: A Study of Political Interests, Influence, and Development in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in 20072013 by Aijan Sharshenova
RRP: $63.00$50.76"Brussels made democracy, human rights, the rule of law, and good governance its top co-operation priorities in the EU Strategy Framework towards Central Asia for 20072013. This book examines two interrelated questions: To what extent has EU democracy... -
Building Ukraine from Within: A Sociological, Institutional, and Economic Analysis of a Nation-State in the Making by Anton Oleinik
RRP: $71.40$59.68Ukraine drew significant media attention after the 2013-2014 Revolution of Dignity and the subsequent undeclared war waged by Russia. However, the nature of these events and their impact on the social, economic, and political development of this country... -
Church Reckoning with Communism in Post-1989 Romania by Lucian Turcescu
RRP: $178.50$156.47The present volume focuses on the relationship with communism of Romania's most important religious denominations and their attempt to cope with that difficult past which continues to cast an important shadow over their present. For the first time ever,... -
Russia's Recognition of the Independence of Abkh - Analysis of a Deviant Case in Moscow's Foreign Policy Behavior by Nikoloz Samkharadze
RRP: $65.10$54.71The Russian Federations official acknowledgement of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in August 2008 has since been undermining both overall political stability in the Southern Caucasus in general and future perspectives of Georgias... -
State Building in the Middle of a Geopolitical Struggle: The Cases of Ukraine, Moldova, and Pridnestrovia by Rolando Dromundo
RRP: $71.40$58.84Rolando Dromundo presents a political and historical analysis of the state-building processes in Ukraine, Moldova, and the unrecognized Republic of Pridnestrovia from the Soviet fall until 2015, starting with a sketch of the main geopolitical trend that... -
Power and Identity in the Post–Soviet Realm – Geographies of Ethnicity and Nationality After 1991 by Steven Jobbitt
RRP: $65.10$54.71With the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the demise of the Cold Wars bipolar world order, Soviet successor states on the Russian periphery found themselves in a geopolitical vacuum, and gradually evolved into a specific buffer zone throughout the... -
Bosnia in Limbo: Testimonies from the Drina River by Francisco de Borja Lasheras
RRP: $31.50$26.38To this day, almost all narratives on Bosnia focus on the 1990s, the war, and the labyrinth that Daytons institutional system represents. They also tend to be imbued with a perspective that often overdoes the ethnic and religious element. The truth is... -
Russian Active Measures - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow by Olga Bertelsen
RRP: $86.10$71.36The contributions gathered in this fascinating collection, in which scholars from a diverse range of disciplines share their perspectives on Russian covert activities known as Russian active measures, help readers observe the profound influence of... -
Geopolitical Rivalries in the Common Neighborhood: Russia's Conflict with the West, Soft Power, and Neoclassical Realism by Dr. Vasif Huseynov
RRP: $75.60$62.18This timely book analyses soft power in the light of neoclassical realist premises as part of the foreign policy toolkit of great powers to expand their sphere of influence. Vasif Huseynov argues that if nuclear armed great powers compete against the... -
Putin's Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain by Stephen K. Wegren
RRP: $88.20$77.55Now in a thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated edition, this classic text provides the most authoritative and current analysis of contemporary Russia. Leading scholars explore the daunting domestic and international problems Russia confronts,... -
Republicanism in Russia: Community Before and After Communism by Oleg Kharkhordin
RRP: $96.50$77.05If Marxism was the apparent loser in the Cold War, it cannot be said that liberalism was the winner, at least not in Russia. Oleg Kharkhordin is not surprised that institutions of liberal democracy failed to take root following the dissolution of the... -
A Jewish Woman of Distinction - The Life and Diaries of Zinaida Poliakova by Chaeran Freeze
RRP: $142.80$138.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684580026Author Chaeran FreezeFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Brandeis University PressPublisher Brandeis University PressWeight(grams) 794g -
The Politics of Punishment: Prison Reform in Russia, 1863-1917 by Bruce F. Adams
RRP: $48.28$42.02Bruce F. Adams examines how Russia's Main Prison Administration was created, the number of prisoners it managed in what types of prisons, and what it accomplished. While providing a thorough account of prison management at a crucial time in Russia's... -
The Moscow Factor: U.S. Policy toward Sovereign Ukraine and the Kremlin by Eugene M. Fishel
RRP: $104.90$83.56In 2014, Russia illegally annexed Crimea, bolstered a separatist conflict in the Donbas region, and attacked Ukraine with its regular army and special forces. In each instance of Russian aggression, the U.S. response has often been criticized as... -
Russian Notions of Power and State in a European Perspective, 1462-1725: Assessing the Significance of Peter's Reign by Endre Sashalmi 9781644694176
RRP: $251.98$188.73Winner of the 2023 Marc Raeff Book Prize; A 2023 REFORC Book Award Longlist TitleThis book highlights the main features and trends of Russian "political" thought in an era when sovereignty, state, and politics, as understood in Western Christendom, were... -
Cultural Imperialism and the Decline of the Liberal Order: Russian and Western Soft Power in Eastern Europe by G. Doug Davis 9781498585880
RRP: $77.70$68.59The end of the Cold War heralded in a new era for liberalism. Eastern European states adopted democracy and capitalism to gain acceptance by the West. Yet, a mere two decades later, liberalism was in crisis. The rise of illiberal democracies and... -
Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia by Chris Miller 9781469663913
RRP: $58.70$55.27When Vladimir Putin first took power in 1999, he was a little-known figure ruling a country that was reeling from a decade and a half of crisis. In the years since, he has reestablished Russia as a great power. How did he do it? What principles have... -
Putin Mystique Inside Russia's Power Cult by Anna Arutunyan
RRP: $65.08$38.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566569903Author Anna ArutunyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 213mm *... -
Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan by Audrey Altstadt
RRP: $115.50$90.11Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan follows a newly independent oil-rich former Soviet republic as it adopts a Western model of democratic government and then turns toward corrupt authoritarianism. Audrey L. Altstadt begins with the... -
A New Eastern Question? – Great Powers and the Post–Yugoslav States by Soeren Keil
RRP: $75.60$63.02This compilation of essays by scholars from the region, Western Europe, and the US, explores the intersection of international politics in the post-Yugoslav states with a focus on the influence and impact of the European Union, the United States, Russia,... -
Russia and the GCC: The Case of Tatarstan's Paradiplomacy by Diana Galeeva 9780755646159
RRP: $178.50$178.42In recent decades Russia has played an increasingly active role in the Middle East as states within the region continue to diversify their relations with major external powers. Yet the role of specific Russian regions, especially those that share an... -
Revolution & War in Contemporary Ukraine: The Challenge of Change by Olga Bertelsen
RRP: $71.40$58.84What are the reasons behind, and trajectories of, the rapid cultural changes in Ukraine since 2013? This volume highlights: the role of the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian war in the formation of Ukrainian civil society; the forms of...