Russian & Soviet Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. The European Union, Russia and the Shared Neighbourhood

   Edited by Jackie Gower, Graham Timmins

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   The conflict in South Ossetia in the summer of 2008 and the Ukrainian energy crisis in early 2009 served to highlight the tensions that continue to influence EU-Russia relations in regard to the region comprising the former republics of the Soviet Union or the ‘shared neighbourhood’. This book...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Promoting Party Politics in Emerging Democracies

   Edited by Peter Burnell, Andre Gerrits

   This book offers a critical and comparative examination of international support to political parties and party systems in emerging and prospective new democracies in several world regions. It combines the insights of a strong international grouping of leading academics and pioneering doctoral...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. Understanding the Modern Russian Police

   By Olga B. Semukhina, Kenneth Michael Reynolds

   Understanding the Modern Russian Police represents the culmination of ten years of research and an ongoing partnership between the Volgograd Academy of Russian Internal Affairs Ministry (VA MVD) and the Volgograd branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public...

   Published May 23rd 2013 by CRC Press
4. Institutional Legacies of Communism

   Change and Continuities in Minority Protection

   Edited by Karl Cordell, Timofey Agarin, Alexander Osipov

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   Twenty years after the demise of communist policy, this book evaluates the continuing communist legacies in the current minority protection systems and legislations across a number of states in post-communist Europe. The fall of communism and the process of democratisation across post-communist...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
5. Russia as a Great Power

   Dimensions of Security Under Putin

   Edited by Jakob Hedenskog, Vilhelm Konnander, Bertil Nygren, Ingmar Oldberg, Christer Pursiainen

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   After a period of relative weakness and isolation during most of the 1990s, Russia is again appearing as a major security player in world politics. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of Russia's current security situation, addressing such questions as: What kind of player is Russia in...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
6. National Perspectives on Russia

   European Foreign Policy in the Making?

   Edited by Maxine David, Jackie Gower, Hiski Haukkala

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   This book presents a ground-breaking comparative study of the bilateral relations of all 27 EU member states with Russia and an assessment of their impact on the EU’s efforts to conduct a coherent and effective policy towards its most important neighbour. While there has been a lot of research on...

   Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge
7. Organized Crime and Corruption in Georgia

   Edited by Louise Shelley, Erik R. Scott, Anthony Latta

   Series: Routledge Transnational Crime and Corruption

   Georgia is one of the most corrupt and crime-ridden nations of the former Soviet Union. In the Soviet period, Georgians played a major role in organized crime groups and the shadow economy operating throughout the Soviet Union, and in the post-Soviet period, Georgia continues to be important source...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
8. Russia after 2012

   From Putin to Medvedev to Putin – Continuity, Change, or Revolution?

   Edited by J.L. Black, Michael Johns

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   This book provides an overview of the state of Russia after the 2012 presidential election. It considers a wide range of both domestic and international issues, examining both the run up to and the consequences of the election. It covers political, economic, and social topics. It assesses the...

   Published April 22nd 2013 by Routledge
9. Post-Communist Poland – Contested Pasts and Future Identities

   By Ewa Ochman

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   This book explores the reinterpretations of Poland’s past which have been undertaken by Polish national and local elites since the fall of communism. It focuses on remembrance practices and traces the de-commemorating of communism to examine the ways in which collective remembering and forgetting...

   Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
10. Post-communist Regime Change

    A Comparative Study

    By Jørgen Møller

    Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

    This book seeks to explain the divergent political pathways of twenty six post-communist states, following the breakdown and eventual collapse of communism in 1989-1991. Considering the trajectories of individual states between 1990 – 2007, this book challenges two central bodies of theory...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge