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The Spark that Lit the Revolution: Lenin in London and the Politics that Changed the World by Dr Robert Henderson
RRP: €17.84€13.65Vladimir Ilyich Lenin visited London on six occasions at the beginning of the twentieth century and it was in this city, where Marx wrote Das Kapital, that the roots of Lenin's political thought took shape. This book, from a former curator of the Russian... -
Reconsidering Stagnation in the Brezhnev Era: Ideology and Exchange by Dina Fainberg 9781498529952
RRP: €46.41€43.95This volume contributes to a growing reevaluation of the Brezhnev era, helping to shape a new historiography that gives us a much richer and more nuanced picture of the time period than the stagnation paradigm usually assigned to the era. The essays... -
Romanias Strategic Culture 19902014: Continuity and Change in a Post-Communist Countrys Evolution of National Interests and Security Policies by Iulia-Sabina Joja
RRP: €35.70€28.76Analysis of strategic culture facilitates a comprehensive understanding of a nations security identity and patterns of policy conduct. Though strategic culture changes over time, why and how these mutations take place has not been researched much so far... -
Killer in the Kremlin by John Sweeney 9781787636668
RRP: €17.84€13.85An explosive account of Putin's presidency and his long-term ambitions, including first-hand reporting from the invasion of Ukraine. A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, exposing the events... -
The Story of Russia: 'An excellent short study' by Orlando Figes 9781526631763
RRP: €17.84€13.92A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Sunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History 'The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'A magnificent, magisterial thousand year... -
Imitation Democracy: The Development of Russia's Post-Soviet Political System by Dmitri Furman
RRP: €17.84€15.36After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia under Yeltsin and Putin implemented a political system of "imitation democracy," marked by "a huge disparity between formal constitutional principles and the reality of authoritarian rule." How did this... -
The New Russia by Mikhail Gorbachev 9781509503872
RRP: €29.75€19.97After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has been in the past 25 years. Putin's motives, his reasons for seeking confrontation with the West, remain for many a mystery. Not for Mikhail... -
Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj by Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
€16.51"We are the rebels asking for the storm, and believing that truth is only to be found in an endless search ... Two years of prison for Pussy Riot is our tribute to a destiny that gave us sharp ears, allowing us to sound the note A when everyone else is... -
Russia without Putin: Power, Politics and the Making of Post-Soviet Society by Tony Wood
RRP: €20.22€16.78It is impossible to think of Russia today without thinking of Vladimir Putin. More than any other major national leader, he personifies his country in the eyes of the outside world, and dominates Western media coverage. In Russia itself, he is likewise... -
Russia Rising: Putin's Foreign Policy in the Middle East and North Africa by Dimitar Bechev
RRP: €28.55€24.92The war in Syria has put Russia at the centre of Middle Eastern politics. Moscow's return to the region following a prolonged period of absence has enhanced its geopolitical status at a time it has emerged as a rival to the West. Yet, contrary to the... -
States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China by Theda Skocpol
RRP: €20.22€19.15State structures, international forces, and class relations: Theda Skocpol shows how all three combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary transformations. Social revolutions have been rare but undeniably of enormous... -
Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir by Anton Shekhovtsov
RRP: €45.21€39.72The growing influence of Russia on the Western far right has been much discussed in the media recently. This book is the first detailed inquiry into what has been a neglected but critically important trend: the growing links between Russian actors and... -
Russia's Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity by Andrei P. Tsygankov 9781538161494
RRP: €35.70€32.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorAndrei P. Tsygankov is professor in the Departments of Political Science and International Relations at San Francisco State University.Book InformationISBN... -
Ukraine in the Crossfire by Chris de Ploegg 9780997287080
RRP: €23.79€19.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997287080Author Chris de PloeggFormat PaperbackPage Count 269Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity Press -
Power in Modern Russia: Strategy and Mobilisation by Andrew Monaghan
RRP: €15.46€10.42The book explores the Russian leadership's strategic agenda and illuminates the range of problems it faces in implementing it. Given these difficulties and the Russian leadership's concerns about an unstable and increasingly competitive world, the... -
Ukraine vs. Darkness - (Undiplomatic Thoughts) by Olexander Scherba
RRP: €23.80€20.03This book draws on the authors experience from 26 years of Ukrainian diplomatic service in, among others, Bonn, Berlin, Washington, and Vienna, and his work as a speechwriter to most Ukrainian foreign ministers for the last two decades. Scherbas... -
Dragon's Teeth: Tales from North Kosovo by Ian Bancroft
RRP: €23.80€19.55Twenty years on from the end of war, the status of the north of Kosovo remains disputed. Ten years on from Kosovos declaration of independence from Serbia, the norths predominantly Serb population continues to resist integration. Education, health, and... -
Putin's Wars: The Rise of Russia's New Imperialism by Marcel H. Van Herpen 9781442253582
€46.99This fully updated book offers the first systematic analysis of Putin's three wars, placing the Second Chechen War, the war with Georgia of 2008, and the war with Ukraine of 2014-2015 in their broader historical context. Drawing on extensive original... -
Near Abroad: Putin, the West, and the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus by Gerard Toal
RRP: €35.09€30.84Vladimir Putin's intervention into the Georgia/South Ossetia conflict in summer 2008 was quickly recognized by Western critics as an attempt by Russia to increase its presence and power in the "near abroad", or the independent states of the former Soviet... -
Does Putin Have to Die?: The Story of How Russia Becomes a Democracy after Losing to Ukraine by Ilya Ponomarev
RRP: €26.18€16.72The Story of How Russia Becomes a Democracy after Losing to Ukraine. Opposing Putin is a risky proposition; for instance, a fellow Russian Parliament member turned dissident, Denis Voronenkov, was on his way to see Ponomarev when he was shot and killed... -
A Very Expensive Poison: The Assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and Putin's War with the West by Luke Harding
RRP: €21.42€14.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101973998Author Luke HardingFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
When Informal Institutions Change: Institutional Reforms and Informal Practices in the Former Soviet Union by Huseyn Aliyev 9780472130474
RRP: €86.87€70.15Huseyn Aliyev examines how, when, and under which conditions democratic institutional reforms affect informal institutions in hybrid regimes, countries transitioning to democracy. He analyzes the impact of institutional changes on the use of informal... -
The Regional Roots of Russia's Political Regime by William M. Reisinger 9780472130184
RRP: €82.11€66.38In The Regional Roots of Russia's Political Regime, William M. Reisinger and Bryon J. Moraski examine Russian politics at the subnational level in order to discover why democracy failed to take root and how Putin's authoritarian regime materialized... -
Hero Projects: The Russian Empire and Big Technology from Lenin to Putin by Paul R. Josephson 9780197698396
RRP: €55.92€47.65From Lenin and Stalin to Putin, Russia's economic development has relied on large scale technologies. These technologies--often called "hero projects," "projects of the century," or "megaprojects"--have been central to the nation's economic growth and... -
Cleft Countries - Regional Political Divisions and Cultures in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova by Ivan Katchanovski 9783898215589
€46.93During the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine, the second largest country in Europe came close to a violent break-up similar to that in neighboring Moldova, which witnessed a violent secession of the Transdniestria region. Numerous elections,... -
Women's Activism in Contemporary Russia by Linda Racioppi 9781566395212
RRP: €38.08€34.66Through in-depth interviews with activists, the authors provide a broad and thorough introduction to the emerging women's movement and women's organizations in Russia. The focus is on the development of women's activism in late Soviet and post-Soviet... -
Putin’s War, Russian Genocide: Essays about the First Year of the War in Ukraine by Philip W. Blood 9783838218335
RRP: €36.89€30.52On 24 February 2022, Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He declared a 'special military operation', expecting a quick victory. The Ukrainian army countered with a spirited defence that foiled his political aims. Putin's special... -
Science of the Child in Late Imperial and Early Soviet Russia by Andy Byford 9780198825050
RRP: €104.72€95.44Between the 1880s and the 1930s, children became the focus of unprecedented scientific and professional interest in modernizing societies worldwide, including in the Russian Empire and then the Soviet Union. Those who claimed children as special objects... -
Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and S - 2016/1: Gender, Nationalism, and Citizenship in Anti-Authoritarian Protests in Belarus, Russia, an by Julie Fedor 9783838208862
RRP: €34.50€27.82The special issue offers an interdisciplinary approach to exploring the questions of agency of less mainstream groups in protest movements in patriarchal and authoritarian societies. The themes covered include the place of feminist and gender equality... -
Between Lenin and Bandera - Decommunization and Multivocality in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine by Anna Kutkina 9783838215068
RRP: €42.84€35.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783838215068Author Anna KutkinaFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Ibidem PressPublisher Ibidem Press -
The Role of Civil Society in Transitional Justice: The Case of Russia by Selbi Durdiyeva 9781032277233
RRP: €160.65€139.56This book examines how civil society engaged with transitional justice in Russia.Based on socio-legal research.Due to its interdisciplinary it will appeal to readers in various fields of interest.Book InformationISBN 9781032277233Author Selbi... -
Europe in the Caucasus, Caucasus in Europe: Perspectives on the Construction of a Region by Prof. Dr. Andrey Makarychev
RRP: €42.84€35.24The book series "European Studies in the Caucasus" offers innovative perspectives on regional studies of the Caucasus. By embracing the South Caucasus as well as Turkey and Russia as the major regional powers, it moves away from a traditional... -
Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 3:1 (2017) by Julie Fedor
RRP: €34.51€28.31"The Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (JSPPS) is a bi-annual companion journal to the Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (SPPS) book series (founded 2004 and edited by Andreas Umland, Dr. phil., PhD). Like the book... -
Putin Mystique Inside Russia's Power Cult by Anna Arutunyan
RRP: €36.88€22.35Apologies 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 *... -
One Against All: Lenin and His Legacy by Roberto Echeverran
RRP: €64.26€55.54A century on, scholars can achieve a certain balance in views of what Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin's government meant for Russia and for the world. In Roberto Echeverran synthesizes all that we know about Lenin and his government by taking data from new... -
Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: Volume 6, No. 2 by Julie Fedor
RRP: €42.84€35.71Special Sections: Russian Foreign Policy Towards the Near Abroad and Russia's Annexiation of Crimea II. This special section deals with Russias post-Maidan foreign policy towards the so-called near abroad, or the former Soviet states. This is an... -
Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and S - 2016/2: Violence in the Post-Soviet Space by Julie Fedor
RRP: €34.50€28.30This special issue deals with the phenomenon of violence in the post-Soviet space. The central preoccupation is to examine both political and legal discourses and practices of internal and external violence, broadly conceived, in this space... -
Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future? by Postdoctoral Researcher Jan Matti Dollbaum
€28.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197680667Author Postdoctoral Researcher Jan Matti DollbaumFormat PaperbackImprint Oxford University Press, USAPublisher Oxford University Press, USA -
Canada and the Ukrainian Crisis by Bohdan S. Kordan
RRP: €83.30€64.27Since 1991, Canada has provided Ukraine with ongoing political and economic assistance. Never was this policy pursued with more urgency than in 2014, when Russian aggression prompted the Canadian government to elevate its support for Ukraine to a foreign... -
Migration as a (Geo-)Political Challenge in the Post-Soviet Space: Border Regimes, Policy Choices, Visa Agendas by Olga R Gulina
RRP: €53.55€43.73Over the last three decades, migration management in the newly independent states which emerged from the ruins of the USSR in 1991 has become a tool for staking out zones of influence, a winning slogan for election campaigns, and a handle on the domestic...