A fresh and compelling interpretation of the politics of the world's largest country, focusing on developments under Putin and Medvedev. Covering economic, social and... Læs mere
The new edition of this market-leading text brings together specially commissioned chapters by a team of top international scholars on the changing politics of this diverse region negotiating the competing pulls of the European Union and post-communist Russia.
Fourth time around for bestselling text on collapse of Soviet communism. New chapter takes story up to Yeltsin's referendum victory.
A survey of communism from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the collapse of the late 1980s. Focusing particularly on the USSR and Eastern Europe this book examines the development of communist rule in historical and analytical terms.
A comprehensive 1999 textbook on the politics in postcommunist Russia. A sequel to the author's best-selling After Gorbachev, it is unrivalled in its scope and topicality, and an obvious first choice for courses of the world's largest postcommunist society.
Russia Goes Dry, first published in 1995, draws upon a wide range of original sources, including interviews, surveys and the local press, to provide an entertaining as well as instructive guide to the attempt made in Russia in the 1980s to eliminate alcohol abuse.
This study traces the evolution of Soviet-Western relations from the Revolution up to the autumn of 1921, when the... Læs mere
This book, written by three of the West's leading scholars of Soviet and post-Soviet affairs, traces the politics of Soviet transition in the late... Læs mere