Central Asian, Russian & East European Studies

By Veronika Stoyanova

This book argues that the recent political mobilizations in Eastern Europe have been underpinned by a class struggle between a more conservative and a more radical line of contention. The latter line, the book contends, is designed by and for subaltern groups whose anti-systemic programme calls for…

Hardback – 2018-03-21
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BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

By Voicu Ion Sucala

This book puts forward a new perspective on the planned economies of communist Eastern Europe, demonstrating in detail how economic practice in such countries was shaped by the interplay among planners, managers and Party apparatchiks. Based on extensive original research, including interviews with…

Hardback – 2018-03-20
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BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

By Aleks Szczerbiak

Poland is a particularly interesting case of truth revelation and transitional justice in a post-communist country. This is because of the radical change of trajectory in its approach to dealing with the communist past, and the profound effect this had on Polish politics. The approach moved from '…

Hardback – 2018-02-08
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BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

By J. Paul Goode

This book reassesses Putin's attempt to reverse the decentralization of power that characterised centre-regional relations in the 1990s, focusing on regional responses to Putin's federal reforms. It explains the decline of regionalism after 2000 in terms of the dynamics of regional boundaries,…

Paperback – 2018-01-22
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BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

Edited by Timothy K. Blauvelt, Jeremy Smith

This book explores events in Georgia in the years following Stalin’s death in March 1953, especially the demonstrations of March 1956 and their brutal suppression, in order to illuminate the tensions in Georgia between veneration of the memory of Stalin, a Georgian, together with the associated…

Paperback – 2018-01-12
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BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

By Valerie Pacer

Although the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev is often seen as a continuation of Vladimir Putin’s presidency, with the same policies applied in the same way, this book disagrees, arguing that Medvedev’s foreign policy was significantly different from Putin’s. The book considers especially the…

Paperback – 2018-01-12
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BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

By Friedrich Christian Weber

Published in 1968, this second volume embarks on the journeys of Laurence Lang, and Le Brun through Russia and other countries. Weber also delves into the criminal proceedings against the late czarewitz, the justification of the Swedish war against Russia and many more topics involving the politics…

Hardback – 2019-08-21
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Routledge Revivals

Edited by John Harris, Nicholas Wise

This book critically examines how rugby union has developed in recent years, in nations on the periphery of the sport. Focusing on people and places on the fringes, it examines contemporary issues and challenges within the global game. Such a collection is timely, as the sport’s governing body…

Hardback – 2019-08-13
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Routledge Focus on Sport, Culture and Society

Edited by George L. Kline

Originally published in 1952. This book collects numerous works on the revival of Spinoza scholarship in the Soviet Union during the 1920s and 30's, including the emergence of conflicting Marxist schools of Spinoza interpretation. This work includes translations by Kline of seven major articles on…

Hardback – 2019-08-12
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Routledge Library Editions: 17th Century Philosophy