Russian & Soviet Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. Eastern Partnership: A New Opportunity for the Neighbours?

   Edited by Elena Korosteleva

   This volume offers a collective assessment of the development and impact of the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership Initiative on its eastern neighbours - Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova in particular, with Russia’s added perspective. Founded on extensive empirical and conceptual...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Russia and the World

   The Internal-External Nexus

   Edited by Natasha Kuhrt

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   This volume brings together analyses of key domestic, foreign and security policy issues during the Putin and Medvedev administrations. Indeed, the chapters demonstrate the extent to which domestic and foreign policy issues are inextricably linked, in particular in the domain of security, whether '...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
8. Gorbachev and Southeast Asia (Routledge Revivals)

   By Leszek Buszynski

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1992, this book examines Soviet foreign policy towards Southeast Asia in the context of the transformation of the perestroika era in the Soviet Union. The discussion begins in 1985 and ends in 1989 with the Soviet partial withdrawal from Cam Ranh Bay. Buszynski...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
9. Soviet Foreign Policy and Southeast Asia (Routledge Revivals)

   By Leszek Buszynski

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   This book focuses on the activity of the Soviet Union in Southeast Asia and the effects of Soviet policy on the region from 1969 to the time of first publication in 1986. In particular, Leszek Buszynski examines the rivalry between the Soviet Union and China, Soviet presence in Vietnam, and the...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
10. Law, Rights and Ideology in Russia

    Landmarks in the Destiny of a Great Power

    By Bill Bowring

    Law, Rights and Ideology in Russia: Landmarks in the destiny of a great power brings into sharp focus several key episodes in Russia’s vividly ideological engagement with law and rights. Drawing on 30 years of experience of consultancy and teaching in many regions of Russia and on library research...

    Published April 8th 2013 by Routledge