Books in the BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies series

This book presents new research findings on different aspects of Russian society, both showing how there was much reform before 1917, and much continuity afterwards. It also show that the new regime established in the 1920s was based on a mixture of new Soviet thinking and ideas developed before 1917 by a variety of non-Bolshevik movements.

The Caucasus, including Russia's North Caucasus, continues to be an area of potential instability and conflict. This book, based on extensive original research, explores in detail at both the local and regional level how state and society interact to encourage security and democracy in the area.

The attitude of Russia towards climate change is extremely important for the success of climate change control policies worldwide, as Russia, with its cold climate and vast resources of carbon fuels, is one of the worldΓÇÖs biggest polluters. Moreover, Russia frequently comes across as not being very interested in containing environmental pollution. This book explores how issues to do with climate change are handled by the Russian media. It discusses how the state and economic elites have influenced RussiaΓÇÖs environmental communication, with the stateΓÇÖs control of the media strengthening since Putin came to power, and with control being exercised in some cases by ignoring or silencing the key issues. However, the book also shows how, recently, elites and the state in Russia have begun to realise that it is in the stateΓÇÖs best interest to pursue more climate-oriented policies. The book concludes by examining how the communication of climate change issues in Russia could be improved and by assessing the extent to which a recent change in state climate policy could mean that media coverage of climate change in Russia will keep increasing.

This book explores events in Georgia in the years following Stalin's death in March 1953, especially the demonstrations of March 1956 and their brutal suppression, in order to illuminate the tensions in Georgia between veneration of the memory of Stalin, a Georgian, together with the associated respect for the Soviet system that he had created, and growing nationalism.

Russia, one of the world's most ethno-culturally diverse countries, provides a rich case study on how globalisation and associated international trends are disrupting, and causing radical rethinking of approaches to, inter-ethnic cohesion. The book highlights the importance of television broadcasting in shaping national discourse and the place of ethno-cultural diversity within it, arguing that television¿s role has been reinforced, rather than diminished, by the rise of new media technologies. Throughout, the book shows how difficult it is for Russia to strike the right balance given its Soviet legacy, weak civil society, extremely large native Muslim population, and state aligned media.

The Soviet Union's collapse has had long-lasting impacts on Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia: changes in state-society relations, reconfiguration of political, economic and social ties, resurgence of regional conflicts, and new migration patterns towards Russia and the European Union. Meanwhile, the EU has emerged as an important regional player, engaging neighbouring states in cross-border regional co-operation. This book explores questions related to borders, security and migration in the emerging "European Neighbourhood", and the potential role of the EU as a stabilizing force.

This book explores the changing nature of Russian culture by examining media, popular culture and the literary canon, changes in the culture and its relationship to government.

This book, based on extensive original research, examines the changes resulting from transformation at the local level in the former Czechoslovakia.

This book presents new research findings on different aspects of Russian society, both showing how there was much reform before 1917, and much continuity afterwards. It also show that the new regime established in the 1920s was based on a mixture of new Soviet thinking and ideas developed before 1917 by a variety of non-Bolshevik movem

This book surveys current developments in social media and politics in a range of Central and Eastern European countries, including Russia. It highlights how the application of social media in politics is still at an early stage, examines the impact of social media, and discusses political situations where social media played an important r

This book explores the daily survival strategies of people within the context of failed states, flourishing informal economies, legal uncertainty, increased mobility, and globalization, where many people, who are forced by the circumstances to be innovative and transnational, have found their niches outside formal processes and structures.

This book explores the daily survival strategies of people within the context of failed states, flourishing informal economies, legal uncertainty, increased mobility, and globalization, where many people, who are forced by the circumstances to be innovative and transnational, have found their niches outside formal processes and structures.

This book analyses Ukraine's relations with each of its neighbours in the 1990s and the degree to which these relations fitted into Ukraine's broad objective of reorienting its key political ties from East to West.

This book discusses the diverse practices and discourses of memory politics in Russia and Eastern Europe. It argues that currently prevailing conservativism has a long tradition, which continued even in Communist times, and is different to conservatism in the West, which can accommodate other viewpoints within liberal democratic systems.

This book examines what came to determine the local power and character of the Communist party-state at the level of the national non-Russian republics.