The Politics of East European Area Studies

Does Eastern Europe still exist? This volume explores the contemporary meanings of ‘Central and Eastern Europe,’ with a focus upon its construction as a distinctive region through Area Studies scholarship. Alex Cistelecan, Robert Bideleux, Katalin Miklóssy and Dieter Segert—tease out the implications for an ‘Area Studies’ approach to the region. Very few other titles discuss the background, history or politics of academic study of the region.