Eastern European Politics

This comparative, inter-disciplinary volume explores how nation-building tools emerged and evolved over the last twenty years. Featuring in-depth case studies from countries throughout the post-Soviet space it compares various aspects of nation-building and identity formation projects. Approaching t..

 Discussing different perceptions of the Ukrainian-Russian war in neighbouring countries, this book offers an analysis of the conflicts and issues connected with the shifting of the border regions of Russia and Ukraine to show how ’material’ and ’psychological’ borders are never completely stable id..

Published in 1998, this book examines whether polls extends or inhibit democratisation in various late-capitalist and post-communist societies and how shifting political contexts impact upon the ability of polls to measure public opinion...

Rodnoverie was one of the first new religious movements to emerge following the collapse of the Soviet Union, its development providing an important lens through which to view changes in post-Soviet religious and political life. Providing a fascinating overview of the history, organisations, adheren..

This title was first published in 2001. This significant volume provides an illuminating account of the formation of the new democracies in the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and later, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Richly detailed and clearly written, this original study is an invaluable cont..

This book provides new and innovative insights in the area of party membership research to analyse the evolution of membership organizations in political parties from under-investigated countries...

Philosophical and Cultural Interpretations of Russian Modernisation..

Policy Reform and the Development of Democracy in Eastern Europe..

Tracing the history of the concept of political extremism from Ancient Greece to the present day, this is an invaluable resource for scholars of democracy, extremism and political sociology...

This key volume provides a thorough and well-structured post-communist study of political finance, election campaign and party funding issues within Central and Eastern European countries. It will be indispensable for anyone interested in the efficiency of regulation in party funding...

From Bosnia to Central Asia, passing through Russia and Azerbaijan, the contributions to this book illustrate the multi-faceted and complex nature of informality. It was originally published as two special issues, of Caucasus Survey and the Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe...

Using case studies from the post-Soviet region, a broad range of international contributors present an original and innovative contribution to the debate. They explore the character of post-Soviet regimes and review the political transformations they have experienced since the end of the Cold War. T..