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  • - Challenges and Hopes
     
    843,-

    The book, written by Ukrainian scholars, explores in interdisciplinary approach the revolutionary 2013-2014 Euromaidan and its social, political and cultural results. The contributors identify various factors of Ukraine's upheavals, explore their impact on the European and global politics and analyse the challenges of the reforms for the country.

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    548,99

    In this book are presented and analysed local scholarly perspectives on contemporary political, legal and societal developments in Kosovo and how path-dependent historical legacies set in motion prior to and during the war for independence, coupled with dependence on and interdependence with external actors shaped society and institutions.

  • - Relevance and Meanings of a Classical Distinction
     
    847,-

    Although the Soviet empire no longer exists, old and new relationships between centres and peripheries still shape realities in the region. The case studies presented in this volume analyse the relevance of the centre-periphery distinction for the understanding of the post-Soviet space.

  • - Between formal institutions and informal practices
     
    713,-

    This book contains collection of articles which provide policy implications related to the problem of achieving substantive reform on the basis of harmonising legislation in Western Balkan (WB) countries with the standards of the European Union (EU).

  • - Theories, Discourses and Realities
     
    733,-

    The authors of the collection of articles treat of the question of modernization in Georgia, discussing both theoretical and historical dimensions of the issue. Related questions of civil society, social capital, Soviet heritage, Europeanization, statehood and geopolitics are also discussed in the same context.

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    829,-

    This volume offers a view of modern Russian intellectual culture as shaped by the dynamic of conversions. The individual contributions examine a rich variety of personal conversions occurring in a culture in which the written word enjoyed a privileged status and, historically, was closely linked to the sacred.

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    1 039,-

    Even though the democratic decline has been deemed a global phenomenon, the question of how it manifests itself in the postcommunist world and how it varies across different regions with divergent levels of democratic consolidation has not been sufficiently addressed yet. This book tries to fill the gap and examines the causes and nature of the deteriorating quality of democracy in Central Europe as well as the reversal or stagnation of democratization processes in Southeastern and Eastern Europe. The political elite plays a key role in initiating legislative changes that may lead to democratic backsliding. Its constant commitment to the rule of law and to the practice of selfrestraint in securing the independence of judiciary and the rights of political opposition appears hence indispensable for sustainable liberal democracy.

  • - The Study of Floods in 2014
     
    870,-

    The volume deals with different aspects of the crisis governance during the floods in 2014 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. It highlights the specific crisis responses in each country, influenced by the existing institutions, crisis leadership, social and economic capital, media and the role of international financial aid.

  • - Multidisciplinary evidence from South-East Europe
    av Adnan Efendic, Bojana Babic & Anna Rebmann
    724,-

    The book investigates social capital in the periods of normality and crisis in SEE; it looks how different dimensions of social capital interact with migration experience and extends this focus to the role of ethnic diversity in affecting social capital. It ends by analysing how ethnic diversity affects the economic performance of individuals.

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    1 021,-

    The volume addresses the crucial role of knowledge and innovation in coping with/adapting to socio-economic and political transformation processes in post-Soviet societies. Unique are the bottom up or micro-sociological and ethnographic perspectives offered by the book on the processes of post-Soviet transformations in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus.

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    908,-

    This interdisciplinary volume gathers studies related to the diverse current migratory movements in South East Europe. They demonstrate that South East Europe is a highly dynamic migration region marked by a multiplicity of migration-related processes fuelled by global and especially European developments.

  • - The Challenges of Political, Economic and Social Change
     
    1 099,-

    What is the state of democracy in the region? Are the countries of the Western Balkans stuck somewhere between authoritarianism and genuine democracy? What are the remaining obstacles to state building? What effect has the crisis had on young people in the Western Balkans? This title deals with these questions.

  • - Expectations, achievements and disillusions of 1989
     
    758,-

    20 Years after the Collapse of Communism

  • - Between Freedom and Energy
     
    712,-

    Analyses the influence that oil and gas have on various sides of Russia's contemporary internal and foreign policy.

  • - Examining Modern Sensibilities and the Public Domain in the Baltic States at the Turn of the Century
     
    1 068,-

  • - The Post-Communist Experience
     
    910,-

  • - In the Southern Caucasus and the Black Sea Region
     
    1 018,-

    The volume focuses on main issues of the southern Caucasus and the Black Sea Region: consequences of unresolved ethno-territorial conflicts, reconstruction of ethnopolitical identities, political regime transformation and influence of external actors on this process, the clash of interests and policies with regards to local hydrocarbon resources.

  • - Aspects of Political and Economic Development in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe from 2000-2005
     
    859,-

    From Post-Communism toward the third Millennium

  • - Structures, Political Cultures and Social Practices
     
    1 306,-

    This volume explores informal structures and practices in Eastern Europe and whether these are different from informality which can be observed in Western Europe. The authors discuss the scientific relevance of the distinction informal/formal across different disciplines.

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