Russia The Former Soviet Republics And Europe Since 1989

Author : Katherine Graney
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190055080

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Russia, the Former Soviet Republics, and Europe Since 1989 by Katherine Graney Pdf

" Nearly three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, early hopes for the integration of the post-Soviet states into a "Europe whole and free" seem to have been decisively dashed. Europe itself is in the midst of a multifaceted crisis that threatens the considerable gains of the post-war liberal European experiment. In Russia, the Former Soviet Republics, and Europe Since 1989, Katherine Graney provides a panoramic and historically-rooted overview of the process of "Europeanization" in Russia and all fourteen of the former Soviet republics since 1989. Graney argues that deeply rooted ideas about Europe's cultural-civilizational primacy and concerns about both ideological and institutional alignment with Europe continue to influence both internal politics in contemporary Europe and the processes of Europeanization in the post-Soviet world. By comparing the effect of the phenomenon across Russia and the ex-republics, Graney provides a theoretically grounded and empirically rich window into how we should study politics in the former USSR. "--

Author : Katherine Graney
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190055103

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Russia, the Former Soviet Republics, and Europe Since 1989 by Katherine Graney Pdf

Nearly three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, early hopes for the integration of the post-Soviet states into a "Europe whole and free" seem to have been decisively dashed. Europe itself is in the midst of a multifaceted crisis that threatens the considerable gains of the post-war liberal European experiment. In Russia, the Former Soviet Republics, and Europe Since 1989, Katherine Graney provides a panoramic and historically-rooted overview of the process of "Europeanization" in Russia and all fourteen of the former Soviet republics since 1989. Graney argues that deeply rooted ideas about Europe's cultural-civilizational primacy and concerns about both ideological and institutional alignment with Europe continue to influence both internal politics in contemporary Europe and the processes of Europeanization in the post-Soviet world. By comparing the effect of the phenomenon across Russia and the ex-republics, Graney provides a theoretically grounded and empirically rich window into how we should study politics in the former USSR.

Author : Katherine E. Graney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Europe
ISBN : 019005512X

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Russia, the Former Soviet Republics, and Europe Since 1989 by Katherine E. Graney Pdf

Nearly three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, early hopes for the integration of the post-Soviet states into a 'Europe whole and free'' seem to have been decisively dashed. Europe itself is in the midst of a multifaceted crisis that threatens the considerable gains of the postwar liberal European experiment. This text provides a panoramic view of the process of 'Europeanization' in Russia and all 14 of the other former Soviet republics since 1989, in a study that is both theoretically grounded (with five chapters that discuss the historical and contemporary meanings of 'Europe' in its cultural-civilizational, political, and security guises) and empirically rich (with case studies that examine the question of Europeanization in Russia and each of the other 14 ex-Soviet republics)

Author : Donnacha Ó Beacháin,Abel Polese
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136951978

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The Colour Revolutions in the Former Soviet Republics by Donnacha Ó Beacháin,Abel Polese Pdf

During the first decade of the 21st century, a remarkable phenomenon swept through the former Soviet Union changing the political, social and cultural landscape. Popularly known as the ‘Colour Revolutions’, these non-violent protests overthrew autocratic regimes in three post-soviet republics: the Georgian Rose Revolution (2003), the Ukrainian Orange Revolution (2004) and the Kyrgyzstani Tulip Revolution (2005). This book examines the significance of these regime-change processes for the post-soviet world in particular and for global politics in the 21st century. Engaging comprehensively with the former Soviet republics, the contributors to this book ask why there wasn’t a revolution in a post-Soviet republic such as Russia, despite apparently favourable conditions. They also explore the circumstances that ensured some post-soviet countries underwent a successful colour revolution whilst others did not. Identifying the conditions for successful colour revolutions, this book asks whether there is a revolutionary blueprint that may be exported to other areas around the world that are under autocratic rule. Carefully considering the ideologies of the post-Soviet ruling regimes, this book demonstrates the manner by which political elites integrated nationalism, authoritarianism and populism into public debates. It analyzes the diverse anti-regime movements, discussing the factors that led to the rise of such factions and outlining how these opposition groups were constituted and operated. In addition, it assesses the impact of external forces including the influence of the USA, the EU and Russia. By examining the colour revolution phenomenon in its entirety, this book marks a significant contribution to both our micro and macro understanding of this tide of transformation.

Author : Pal Kolsto
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429977855

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Political Construction Sites by Pal Kolsto Pdf

The dissolution of the Soviet Union has provided scholars with tremendously rich material for the study of comparative nation building. Not since the decolonization of Africa in the 1960s have so many new states been established in one stroke in one region. The post-Soviet states, moreover, have all the necessary prerequisites for fruitful comparison: a number of similarities, but also significant differences in terms of size, culture, and recent history. In order to survive in the long run, modern states normally must have a population that possesses some sense of unity. Its citizens must adhere to some common values and common allegiance towards the same state institutions and symbols. This does not means that all inhabitants must necessarily share the same culture, but they should at least regard themselves as members of the same nation. Strategies to foster this kind of common nationhood in a population are usually referred to as 'nation building'. After a decade of post-Soviet nation building certain patterns are emerging, and not always the most obvious ones. Some states seem to manage well against high odds, while others appear to be disintegrating or sinking slowly into oblivion. To a remarkable degree the former Soviet republics have chosen different models for their nation building. This book examines the preconditions for these endeavors, the goals the state leaders are aiming at, and the means they employ to reach them. }

Author : Galina Vasilevna Starovotova
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Conflict management
ISBN : IND:30000050449705

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Sovereignty After Empire by Galina Vasilevna Starovotova Pdf

Author : Philipp Ther
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691181134

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Europe since 1989 by Philipp Ther Pdf

An award-winning history of the transformation of Europe between 1989 and today In this award-winning book, Philipp Ther provides the first comprehensive history of post-1989 Europe, offering a sweeping narrative filled with vivid details and memorable stories. Europe since 1989 shows how liberalization, deregulation, and privatization had catastrophic effects on former Soviet Bloc countries. Ther refutes the idea that this economic “shock therapy” was the basis of later growth, arguing that human capital and the “transformation from below” determined economic success or failure. He also shows how the capitalist West’s effort to reshape Eastern Europe in its own likeness ended up reshaping Western Europe, especially Germany. Bringing the story up to the present, Ther compares Eastern and Southern Europe after the 2008–9 global financial crisis. A compelling account of how the new order of Europe was wrought from the chaotic aftermath of the Cold War, Europe since 1989 is essential reading for understanding post-Brexit Europe and the present dangers for democracy and the European Union.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Former Soviet republics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021064451

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The Former Soviet Union in Transition by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stephen Lovell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781444351590

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The Shadow of War by Stephen Lovell Pdf

Taking the achievements, ambiguities, and legacies of World War II as a point of departure, The Shadow of War: The Soviet Union and Russia, 1941 to the Present offers a fresh new approach to modern Soviet and Russian history. Presents one of the only histories of the Soviet Union and Russia that begins with World War II and goes beyond the Soviet collapse through to the early twenty-first century Innovative thematic arrangement and approach allows for insights that are missed in chronological histories Draws on a wide range of sources and the very latest research on post-Soviet history, a rapidly developing field Supported by further reading, bibliography, maps and illustrations.

Author : Charles Walker,Svetlana Stephenson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135701246

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Youth and Social Change in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union by Charles Walker,Svetlana Stephenson Pdf

Two decades have now passed since the revolutions of 1989 swept through Eastern Europe and precipitated the collapse of state socialism across the region, engendering a period of massive social, economic and political transformation. This book explores the ways in which young people growing up in post-socialist Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union negotiate a range of identities and transitions in their personal lives against a backdrop of thoroughgoing transformation in their societies. Drawing upon original empirical research in a range of countries, the book's contributors explore the various freedoms and insecurities that have accompanied neo-liberal transformation in post-socialist countries - in spheres as diverse as consumption, migration, political participation, volunteering, employment and family formation - and examine the ways in which they have begun to re-shape different aspects of young people's lives. In addition, while 'social change' is a central theme of the issue, all of the chapters in the collection indicate that the new opportunities and risks faced by young people continue both to underpin and to be shaped by familiar social and spatial divisions, not only within and between the countries addressed, but also between 'East' and 'West'. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Youth Studies.

Author : Maureen Perrie,D. C. B. Lieven,Ronald Grigor Suny
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521812276

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The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 1, From Early Rus' to 1689 by Maureen Perrie,D. C. B. Lieven,Ronald Grigor Suny Pdf

An authoritative history of Russia from early Rus' to the reign of Peter the Great.

Author : William H. Hill
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231704588

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No Place for Russia by William H. Hill Pdf

The optimistic vision of a “Europe whole and free” after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 has given way to disillusionment, bitterness, and renewed hostility between Russia and the West. In No Place for Russia, William H. Hill traces the development of the post–Cold War European security order to explain today’s tensions, showing how attempts to integrate Russia into a unified Euro-Atlantic security order were gradually overshadowed by the domination of NATO and the EU—at Russia’s expense. Hill argues that the redivision of Europe has been largely unintended and not the result of any single decision or action. Instead, the current situation is the cumulative result of many decisions—reasonably made at the time—that gradually produced the current security architecture and led to mutual mistrust. Hill analyzes the United States’ decision to remain in Europe after the Cold War, the emergence of Germany as a major power on the continent, and the transformation of Russia into a nation-state, placing major weight on NATO’s evolution from an alliance dedicated primarily to static collective territorial defense into a security organization with global ambitions and capabilities. Closing with Russia’s annexation of Crimea and war in eastern Ukraine, No Place for Russia argues that the post–Cold War security order in Europe has been irrevocably shattered, to be replaced by a new and as-yet-undefined order.

Author : Allen Lynch,Kenneth W. Thompson
Publisher : University Press of Amer
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0819187062

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Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia in a World of Change by Allen Lynch,Kenneth W. Thompson Pdf

This work presents perspectives by experts during three different time periods-from 1989 to 1990, in 1991, and in 1992-illustrating the depth of the changes that have taken place in the former Soviet Union. Contents: Change in the Soviet Union: Political Dynamics in the Gorbachev Era; Gorbachev and Change in Soviet Foreign Policy; Reagan's Foreign Policy and Soviet-American Relations; The Rhetoric and Reality of Change in Soviet Domestic and Foreign Policy; The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; What Went Wrong with Perestroika?; The Disintegration of the U.S.S.R. and American Foreign Policy; The Post-Soviet Economy and the World; The Influence of Political Culture on Government and Society; The Commonwealth of Independent States and the Post-Soviet Successor States; and Russia's Current Perception of America. Contributors: Paul B. Stephan, Joseph L. Nogee, Sterling J. Kernek, George M. Seignious II, Malcolm Toon, Marshall I. Goldman, Allen C. Lynch, Leonid I. Abalkin, Maurice Friedberg, Paul A. Goble, and Vladimir O. Pechatnov. Co-published with the Miller Center of Public Affairs.

Author : Andrei Shleifer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674015827

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A Normal Country by Andrei Shleifer Pdf

This book offers a firsthand glimpse into the intellectual challenges that Russia's turbulent transition generated. It deals with many of the most important reforms, from Gorbachev's half-hearted "perestroika," to the mass privatization program, to the efforts to build legal and regulatory institutions of a market economy.

Author : Renéo Lukic,Allen Lynch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0198292007

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Europe from the Balkans to the Urals by Renéo Lukic,Allen Lynch Pdf

The disintegration of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union in 1991 shed entirely new light on the character of their political systems. There is now a need to re-examine many of the standard interpretations of Soviet and Yugoslav politics. This book is a comparative study of the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union - as multinational, federal communist states - and the reaction of European and US foreign policy to the parallel collapses of these nations. The authors describe the structural similarities in the destabilization of the two countries, providing great insight into the demise of both.