Central Asian, Russian & Eastern European Studies

This book examines the economic reforms and material progress of the Central Asian republics after becoming independent from the Soviet Union, focusing especially - although not exclusively - on the largest of these new states: Ukbekistan. It considers the region's abundant energy resources and pros..

This book is an analytical stock-taking exercise on processes of land reform and rural market restructuring and development, in the context of transition economies in Central- and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and Asia...

The early Soviet Union’s "nationalities policy" involved the formation of national republics, within which "nation building" and "modernization" were undertaken for the benefit of "backward" peoples. This book, in considering how such policies were implemented in Azerbaijan, argues that the Soviet p..

The early Soviet Union’s "nationalities policy" involved the formation of national republics, within which "nation building" and "modernization" were undertaken for the benefit of "backward" peoples. This book, in considering how such policies were implemented in Azerbaijan, argues that the Soviet p..

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 implication..

This book studies the role of civil society organisations in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Russia. It looks at how Russia’s HIV/AIDS epidemic has developed into a serious social, economic and political problem, and how according to the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Russia is current..

Through careful historical and ethnographic research and extensive use of local scholarly works, this book provides a persuasive and careful analysis of the production of knowledge in Central Asia...

This book on the Caucasus and Central Asia considers key themes across the two regions. Providing a thorough overview of the area, the book examines issues including: political and socio-economic development, the role of the state, local government, human rights, ethnic groups, education and the env..

This book on the Caucasus and Central Asia considers key themes across the two regions. Providing a thorough overview of the area, the book examines issues including: political and socio-economic development, the role of the state, local government, human rights, ethnic groups, education and the env..

In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church has become a more prominent part of post-Soviet Russia. A number of assumptions exist regarding the Church’s relationship with the Russian state, and this book challenges these assumptions, and demonstrates that church-state relations in post-communist Ru..

The revolutionary movements in late tsarist Russia inspired a reaction by groups on the right. Although these groups were ostensibly defending the status quo, they were in fact, as this book argues, very radical in many ways. This book discusses these radical rightist groups, showing how they develo..

The revolutionary movements in late tsarist Russia inspired a reaction by groups on the right. Although these groups were ostensibly defending the status quo, they were in fact, as this book argues, very radical in many ways. This book discusses these radical rightist groups, showing how they develo..