Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
Editor: Dr. Andreas Umland
ISSN 1614-3515 (print)
ISSN 2940-5718 (online)
Founded in 2004 and refereed since 2007, SPPS makes available, to the academic community and general public, affordable English-, German- and Russian-language scholarly studies of various empirical aspects of the recent history and current affairs of the former Soviet bloc from the late Tsarist period to today. It publishes approximately 15-20 volumes per year, and focuses on issues in transitions to and from democracy such as economic crisis, identity formation, civil society development, and constitutional reform in CEE and the NIS. SPPS also aims to highlight so far understudied themes in East European studies such as right-wing radicalism, religious life, higher education, or human rights protection.
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The Series Editor:
Andreas Umland, M.Phil. (Oxford), Dr.Phil. (FU Berlin), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm, Senior Expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future in Kyiv, and Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
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Winfried Schneider-Deters
Ukraine’s Fateful Years 2013–2019: Vol. II: The Annexation of Crimea and the War in Donbas
Volume II
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Valentyna Romanova
Decentralization and Multilevel Elections in Ukraine
Reform Dynamics and Party Politics in 2010–2021
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Alexander Motyl
National Questions: Theoretical Reflections on Nations and Nationalism in Eastern Europe
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Sebastian Schäffer
Ukraine in Central and Eastern Europe
Kyiv's Foreign Affairs and the International Relations of the Post-Communist Region
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Pawel Kowal, Iwona Reichardt, Kateryna Pryshchepa
Three Revolutions: Mobilization and Change in Contemprary Ukraine III
Archival Records and Historical Sources on the 1990 Revolution on Granite
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Rumena Filipova
Constructing the Limits of Europe
Identity and Foreign Policy in Poland, Bulgaria, and Russia since 1989
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Robert M. Cutler
Soviet and Post-Soviet Foreign Policies I
East-South Relations and the Political Economy of the Communist Bloc, 1971–1991
€34.90ibidem206 PagesThis collection of studies investigates the political economy of international relations between the Soviet bloc (the “East”) and the developing world (the “South”), spanning the entire post-Stalin...Available -
Oleksandra Keudel
How Patronal Networks Shape Opportunities for Local Citizen Participation in a Hybrid Regime
A Comparative Analysis of Five Cities in Ukraine
€54.90ibidem530 PagesOleksandra Keudel proposes a novel explanation for why some local governments in hybrid regimes enable citizen participation while others restrict it. She argues that mechanisms for citizen participation...Available -
Izabella Agardi
On the Verge of History
Life Stories of Rural Women from Serbia, Romania, and Hungary, 1920–2020
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Leonid Luks
Macht und Ohnmacht der Utopien: Essays zur Geschichte Russlands im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert
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