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Russia as a Network State: Wha...Discusses the ambiguous nature of the state in Russia, focusing on elite netwo... Discusses the ambiguous nature of the state in Russia, focusing on elite networks and their role in policy processes. This book examines the paradoxical dualism of state institutions and ruling networks, providing answers as to why some decisions more
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Translated and Visiting Russia...This book tackles questions about the reception and production of translated a... This book tackles questions about the reception and production of translated and untranslated Russian theatre in post-WW2 Britain: why in British minds is Russia viewed almost as a run-of-the-mill production of a Chekhov play. Is it because Chekho more
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Russia 2025: Scenarios for the...Russia 2025 offers a compelling insight into Russia's future by exploring them... Russia 2025 offers a compelling insight into Russia's future by exploring thematic scenarios ranging from politics to demographics. The widening rift between a modernizing, post-Communist society and a paternalistic government will ultimately shap more
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Language and Politics in Post-...Language and Politics in Post-Soviet Russia critically examines the uses of la... Language and Politics in Post-Soviet Russia critically examines the uses of language in post-Soviet media and political texts between 1998 and 2007. It will be of interest to academics and researchers in the fields of media studies, discourse anal more
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The Policy-Making Process and ...Centering its study around three explanatory variables - actors, institutions ... Centering its study around three explanatory variables - actors, institutions and ideas - this book argues that Russia's hybrid institutional environment reduces the competition of policy ideas, both at the stage of policy elaboration by the commu more
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The Politics of War Commemorat...This book analyses contemporary war commemoration in Britain and Russia. Focus... This book analyses contemporary war commemoration in Britain and Russia. Focusing on the political aspects of remembrance, it explores the instrumentalisation of memory for managing civil-military relations and garnering public support for conflic more
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Insecurity & the Rise of Natio...This book offers an analysis of Putin's approval ratings from the fall of the ... This book offers an analysis of Putin's approval ratings from the fall of the USSR to the present day. It considers contemporary materials, statistics and a discourse analysis to assess how Putin's approval ratings have stayed so high despite the more
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The Gender of Informal Politic...This book argues that the primary political obstacle holding women back in the... This book argues that the primary political obstacle holding women back in the twenty-first century is a bait and switch promising but simultaneously undercutting gender equality. Through a comparison of Russia and Iceland, the book shows how this more
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Red Gas: Russia and the Origin...This book applies a systems and risk perspective on international energy relat... This book applies a systems and risk perspective on international energy relations, author Per Högselius investigates how and why governments, businesses, engineers and other actors sought to promote - and oppose- the establishment of an extensive more
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Researching Memory and Identit...This book offers a collection of innovative methodological approaches to Memor... This book offers a collection of innovative methodological approaches to Memory Studies in Russia and Eastern Europe. Providing insights into the relationship between memory and identity, the twelve chapters provide multidisciplinary analysis of h more
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Russia's Interventions in Ethn...This book explores the thirty-year border conflict between Armenia and Azerbai... This book explores the thirty-year border conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, specifically around the former autonomous republic of Nagorno Karabakh, and shows how Russia is the only winner in this conflict: fighting on both sides, supplying more
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Russia's Border Wars and Froze...This book examines the origins and execution of Russian military and political... This book examines the origins and execution of Russian military and political activities in Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan. Using a realist perspective, the author concludes that there are substantial similarities in the four case stud more
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Youth in Putin's RussiaThis edited volume sheds light on the lives of young people in various central... This edited volume sheds light on the lives of young people in various central and peripheral regions of Russia, including youth belonging to different ethnic and religious groups and who have differing views on contemporary politics. While the li more
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Obshchestvennost' and Civic Ag...In modernizing Russia, obshchestvennost', an indigenous Russian word, began fu... In modernizing Russia, obshchestvennost', an indigenous Russian word, began functioning as a term to illuminate newly emerging active parts of society and their public identities. This volume approaches various phenomena associated with the term t more
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The Politics of Power: EU-Russ...This book sheds new light on the complex EU-Russia relationship, by providing ... This book sheds new light on the complex EU-Russia relationship, by providing the first comprehensive account of the EU-Russia Energy Dialogue. The author examines why Moscow and Brussels have failed to cooperate in this crucial area of interdepen more
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Russia's 2022 War Against Ukra...This book offers an accessible and rigorous introduction to the context, diplo... This book offers an accessible and rigorous introduction to the context, diplomacy, and law of the European Union's response to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The book explores how the EU responded to the war in the initial months, and is base more
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Human Trafficking and Migrant ...Through unprecedented access to over 100 court files and sentences, and interv... Through unprecedented access to over 100 court files and sentences, and interviews with police and security personnel in both origin and destination countries, this book provides the most comprehensive exploration to date of human trafficking and more
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Russia in a Changing WorldThis book explores Russia's efforts towards both adapting to and shaping a wor... This book explores Russia's efforts towards both adapting to and shaping a world in transformation. Russia has been largely marginalized in the post-Cold War era and has struggled to find its place in the world, which means that the chaotic change more
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Moderniser of Russia: Andrei V...This book investigates Russia's transformation into a European Power by way of... This book investigates Russia's transformation into a European Power by way of the activities of the tsarist translator and official Andrei Vinius, who became an important advisor to Peter the Great. Vinius emerges as an influential conduit of Wes more
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Russia on the Move: Railroads ...This book explores the impact of railroads on 19thcentury Russian peasant coll... This book explores the impact of railroads on 19thcentury Russian peasant collectivism. The mutual-insurance mechanism in a precarious agricultural environment, provided bya structured communal-village system predicated on the reputation and autho more
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