Books by Stephen (University of Glasgow) White

A fresh and compelling interpretation of the politics of the world's largest country, focusing on developments under Putin and Medvedev. Covering economic, social and foreign policy and the current political system, students are encouraged to reach their own judgements on key events and issues, such as privatisation and corruption.

Russia Goes Dry, first published in 1995, draws upon a wide range of original sources, including interviews, surveys and the local press, to provide an entertaining as well as instructive guide to the attempt made in Russia in the 1980s to eliminate alcohol abuse.

This book, written by three of the West's leading scholars of Soviet and post-Soviet affairs, traces the politics of Soviet transition in the late 1980s and early 1990s from its origins to its uncertain post-communist future. It provides an ideal guide for students and specialists to the changes from a communist to a post-communist world.

Fourth time around for bestselling text on collapse of Soviet communism. New chapter takes story up to Yeltsin's referendum victory.

A comprehensive 1999 textbook on the politics in postcommunist Russia. A sequel to the author's best-selling After Gorbachev, it is unrivalled in its scope and topicality, and an obvious first choice for courses of the world's largest postcommunist society.

This study traces the evolution of Soviet-Western relations from the Revolution up to the autumn of 1921, when the proposal for a conference first began to emerge, and then discusses the course of preconference diplomacy and the proceedings of the conference itself, up to the early summer of 1922.