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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Kaja Gadowska, Peter H. Solomon, Jr.
Legal Change in Post-Communist States
Progress, Reversions, Explanations
€39.90ibidem340 PagesReformers had high hopes that the end of communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union would lead to significant improvements in legal institutions and the role of law in public administration....Available -
Iulia-Sabina Joja
Romania’s Strategic Culture 1990–2014
Continuity and Change in a Post-Communist Country’s Evolution of National Interests and Security Policies
€34.90ibidem226 PagesAnalysis of strategic culture facilitates a comprehensive understanding of a nation’s security identity and patterns of policy conduct. Though strategic culture changes over time, why and how these mutations...Available -
Andrei Rogatchevski, Yngvar B. Steinholt , Arve Hansen, David-Emil Wickström
War of Songs
Popular Music and Recent Russia-Ukraine Relations
€34.90ibidem258 PagesThis multi-authored monograph consists of the sections: “Pop Rock, Ethno-Chaos, Battle Drums, and a Requiem: The Sounds of the Ukrainian Revolution”, “The Euromaidan’s Aftermath and the Genre of...Available -
Ksenia Maksimovtsova
Language Conflicts in Contemporary Estonia, Latvia, and Ukraine
A Comparative Exploration of Discourses in Post-Soviet Russian-Language Digital Media
€54.90ibidem514 PagesLanguage policy and usage in the post-communist region have continually attracted wide political, media, and expert attention since the disintegration of the USSR in 1991. How are these issues politicized...Available -
Slavomir Michalek, Michal Stefansky
Age of Fear
The Cold War and Its Influence on Czechoslovakia (1945–1968)
€45.90ibidem420 PagesCzechoslovakia played an important role within the Soviet bloc, yet its history remains under-researched. This monograph blends historical analysis of the superpowers’ foreign policies with an assessment...Available -
Thomas D. Grant
International Law and the Post-Soviet Space I
Essays on Chechnya and the Baltic States
€45.90ibidem452 PagesThe region that once comprised the Soviet Union has been the scene of crises with serious implications for international law. Some of these, like the separatist conflict in Chechnya, date to the time of...Available -
Thomas D. Grant
International Law and the Post-Soviet Space II
Essays on Ukraine, Intervention, and Non-Proliferation
€45.90ibidem530 PagesThis volume deals with legal issues concerning Russia’s annexation of Crimea and intervention in the Donbas, so-called ‘frozen conflicts’ and ‘hybrid warfare,’ the use of courts and tribunals...Available -
Oksana Kim
The Development and Challenges of Russian Corporate Governance I
The Roles and Functions of Boards of Directors
€29.90ibidem192 PagesDespite increasing attention towards Russia’s economy and capital market, corporate governance norms of Russian public firms are rarely analyzed. This project presents and interprets evidence regarding...Available -
Anke Giesen
„Wie kann denn der Sieger ein Verbrecher sein?“
Eine diskursanalytische Untersuchung der russlandweiten Debatte über Konzept und Verstaatlichungsprozess der Lagergedenkstätte „Perm’-36“ im Ural
€59.90ibidem636 Pages„Perm’-36“ im Ural ist die einzige Gedenkstätte in Russland, die sich auf dem Gebiet eines ehemaligen sowjetischen Straflagers befindet. Nachdem sie im Jahr 2014 von zivilgesellschaftlicher in staatliche...Available -
John B. Dunlop, Andreas Umland
The February 2015 Assassination of Boris Nemtsov and the Flawed Trial of his Alleged Killers
An Exploration of Russia’s “Crime of the 21st Century”
€34.90ibidem208 PagesThe book provides a detailed description of “the Russian crime of the twenty-first century” as well as a thorough examination of the eighty sessions of the nine-month-long trial (during 2016-2017)...Available