Central Asian, Russian & Eastern European Studies

This book argues that issues like corruption, weak competitiveness, heavy dependency on energy exports, an unbalanced labour market, and unequal regional development will worsen unless the government changes direction. It analyses the current Russian economic system, highlighting structural and inst..

During the early 2000s the market liberalization reforms to the Russian economy, begun in the 1990s, were consolidated. But since the mid 2000s economic policy has moved into a new phase, characterized by more state intervention with less efficiency and more structural problems. This book argues tha..

When the Soviet Union collapsed universities were freed from state control and left to themselves. This forced universities to be much more market oriented. This book explores this transformation from the end of the Soviet Union until the present. Based on extensive original research the book charts..

When the Soviet Union collapsed universities were freed from state control and left to themselves. This forced universities to be much more market oriented. This book explores this transformation from the end of the Soviet Union until the present. Based on extensive original research the book charts..

Currently the only complete history in English of the Syriac Church of the East, this work covers the periods of the Sassanians, Arabs, Mongols, Ottomans and the twentieth century...

Cities are constructed and organized by people, and in turn become an important factor in the organization of human life. They are sites of both social encounter and social division and provide for their inhabitants “a sense of place”. This book explores the nature of Russian cities, outlining the r..

This book explores the origins and effects, successes and failures of "colour revolutions" in the former Soviet Republics - the non-violent protests which succeeded in overthrowing post-communist authoritarian regimes, for example in Georgia in 2003, Ukraine in 2004 and Kyrgyzstan in 2005...

The study of Soviet youth has long lagged behind the comprehensive research conducted on Western European youth culture. This book examines the evolution of Komsomol (Communist Youth League), the critical role it played during the Russian Revolution, and the impact that the revolution had on this yo..

The study of Soviet youth has long lagged behind the comprehensive research conducted on Western European youth culture. This book examines the evolution of Komsomol (Communist Youth League), the critical role it played during the Russian Revolution, and the impact that the revolution had on this yo..

This book reassesses the process whereby after 2000 Putin reversed the process by which in the 1990s power had shifted from Moscow to the regions. It focuses on the dynamics of regional boundaries: juridical boundaries, which defined a region's territorial extent and thereby its resources; instituti..

This book reassesses the process whereby after 2000 Putin reversed the process by which in the 1990s power had shifted from Moscow to the regions. It focuses on the dynamics of regional boundaries: juridical boundaries, which defined a region's territorial extent and thereby its resources; instituti..

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the very rich thinking about environmental issues which has grown up in Russia since the nineteenth century, a body of knowledge and thought which is not well known to Western scholars and environmentalists. ..