Central Asian, Russian & Eastern European Studies

This book explores 200 years of criminology in Russia, and current developments in criminal justice practices and policies. It examines and analyses police, courts, and corrections. This book was first published as a special issue of International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice...

This book explains the instability and conflict-prone nature of the Soviet Union’s successor states by scrutinizing their post-independence history and linking it to the emergence of overlapping economic, political and military crises...

This book, with contributions from some of the best-known and most visible specialists in the field, re-examines the significant transfers, cross-fertilisations and synergies of cultural and literary theory between Russia and the West, from the 1920s through to the present day. ..

This book examines the protest movements in Russia. It discusses the artistic traditions from which the movements arose, explores the media through which the protesters have expressed themselves, and considers the outcome of the movements, including the new forms of nationalism, intellectualism and ..

This book considers the challenges of building democracy in post Soviet Armenia, and the role of civil society in that process. It argues that, contrary to the expectations of Western aid donors, who promoted civil society assuming that democratisation would follow automatically, democratic regimes ..

This book considers the challenges of building democracy in post Soviet Armenia, and the role of civil society in that process. It argues that, contrary to the expectations of Western aid donors, who promoted civil society assuming that democratisation would follow automatically, democratic regimes ..

This book assesses the quality of democracy in Poland from the collapse of communism in 1989 up to the 2011 parliamentary election. It presents an in-depth study comparing two decades of democratic politics. The book is an important contribution to debates on the performance of the new democracies i..

This book assesses the quality of democracy in Poland from the collapse of communism in 1989 up to the 2011 parliamentary election. It presents an in-depth study comparing two decades of democratic politics. The book is an important contribution to debates on the performance of the new democracies i..

A major issue for Russia is how far democratisation should be prioritised or whether the modernization of Russia might not prosper better by Russia focusing directly on modernization and not worrying too much about democracy. This book explores a wide range of aspects of this important question...

A major issue for Russia is how far democratisation should be prioritised or whether the modernization of Russia might not prosper better by Russia focusing directly on modernization and not worrying too much about democracy. This book explores a wide range of aspects of this important question...

This book adopts a novel analytical approach to understanding how Russia's stalled democratisation is related to the incomplete liberalisation of the economy. Based on extensive original comparative study of Russia’s regions, the book explores the precise channels of interaction that create the mutu..

This book adopts a novel analytical approach to understanding how Russia's stalled democratisation is related to the incomplete liberalisation of the economy. Based on extensive original comparative study of Russia’s regions, the book explores the precise channels of interaction that create the mutu..