This text explores how young people in Russia struggle with individual transitions to adulthood - in education, work, housing and family - in a society which itself is undergoing a rapid and thoroughgoing transformation.
This text explores how young people in Russia struggle with individual transitions to adulthood - in education, work, housing and family - in a societ...
This book fills a significant gap in the study of the establishment of communist rule in Poland in the key period of 1944-1950. It shows that nationalism and nationality policy were fundamentally important in the consolidation of communist rule, acting as a crucial nexus through which different groups were both coerced and were able to consent to the new unfolding social and political order.
Drawing on extensive archival research, including national and regional archives in Poland, it provides a detailed and nuanced understanding of the early years of communist rule in Poland. It...
This book fills a significant gap in the study of the establishment of communist rule in Poland in the key period of 1944-1950. It shows that natio...
The Baltic States are unique in being the only member-states of the EU to have fought to regain their sovereignty from the Soviet Union, only then to cede it to Brussels in certain key areas. Similarly, no member-states have had to struggle as hard as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to preserve their identity after fifty years of Soviet nationality policy in the face of sub-state and supra-state challenges. The post-communist experience of the Baltic States thus allows us to examine debates about identity as a source of political power; the conditioning and constraining influence of identity...
The Baltic States are unique in being the only member-states of the EU to have fought to regain their sovereignty from the Soviet Union, only then ...
The years 1990-93 were a critical moment in Russia's political development. This book provides a systematic explanation of outcomes of constitutional bargaining processes in Russia, which radically reshaped the institutions of the Russian state: removing Russia from constitutional subordination to the Soviet Union in 1990; creating a presidency and a constitutional court in 1991; and restructuring the relationship between the central state and its component federal units with the passage of three Federal Treaties in 1992. The book explores the reasons for these outcomes and identifies why...
The years 1990-93 were a critical moment in Russia's political development. This book provides a systematic explanation of outcomes of constitution...
This is a political history of democratic elections in Poland from the first fully competitive parliamentary elections in 1991 to the unexpected, most recent election in 2007. It provides a detailed electoral perspective on the trajectory of political development in the context of post-authoritarian change.
This is a political history of democratic elections in Poland from the first fully competitive parliamentary elections in 1991 to the unexpected, most...
European regional organisations have spent significant amount of time, energy and money in supporting Russia's transition towards the western liberal-democratic model since the end of the cold war. This book explores the role the Council of Europe, European Union and Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe have played in Russia's post-Soviet transition in the field of human rights and democracy.
The book argues that the organisations have played an important initial role in setting the reform agenda and in providing a general framework for interaction in the...
European regional organisations have spent significant amount of time, energy and money in supporting Russia's transition towards the western liber...
This text examines contemporary developments in Russian politics, how they impact on Russia's Muslim communities, how these communities are helping to shape the Russian state, and what insights this provides to the nature and identity of the Russian state both in its inward and outward projection.
This text examines contemporary developments in Russian politics, how they impact on Russia's Muslim communities, how these communities are helping to...
This text analyses the complex geopolitical relationship between the Russian Federation and the European Union; it examines how regional actors have adapted to the challenges of internal and external integration, and what strategies they have developed to meet the pressures coming across the border and from the federal centre.
This text analyses the complex geopolitical relationship between the Russian Federation and the European Union; it examines how regional actors have a...
Russia is one of the few countries in the world where intellectuals existed as a social group and shared a unique social identity. This book focuses on one of the most important and influential groups of Russian intellectuals - the 1960s generation of shestidesyatniki - often considered the last embodiment of the classical tradition of the intelligentsia. They devoted their lives to defending 'socialism with a human face', authored Perestroika, and were subsequently demonised when the reforms failed. It investigates how these intellectuals were affected by the transition to the...
Russia is one of the few countries in the world where intellectuals existed as a social group and shared a unique social identity. This book focuse...
The development of centre-regional relations has been at the forefront of Russian politics since the formation of the Russian state and numerous efforts have been made by the country's subsequent rulers to create a political model that would be suitable for the effective management of its vast territory and multiple nationalities. This book examines the origins, underlying foundations, and dynamics of the federal reforms conducted by President Putin throughout the eight years of his presidency. It offers a comprehensive analysis of the nature of Russia's federal relations during this...
The development of centre-regional relations has been at the forefront of Russian politics since the formation of the Russian state and numerous ef...
