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.

All SPPS volumes are peer-reviewed.

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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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  1. The European Union’s Democracy Promotion in Central Asia

    Aijan Sharshenova

    The European Union’s Democracy Promotion in Central Asia

    A Study of Political Interests, Influence, and Development in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in 2007–2013
    €39.90
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    296 Pages
    Brussels made democracy, human rights, the rule of law, and good governance its top co-operation priorities in the EU Strategy Framework towards Central Asia for 2007–2013. This book examines two interrelated...
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  2. Building Ukraine from Within

    Anton Oleinik

    Building Ukraine from Within

    A Sociological, Institutional, and Economic Analysis of a Nation-State in the Making
    €45.90
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    496 Pages
    Ukraine drew significant media attention after the 2013–2014 Revolution of Dignity and the subsequent undeclared war waged by Russia. However, the nature of these events and their impact on the social,...
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  3. Development and Dystopia

    Mikhail Minakov

    Development and Dystopia

    Studies in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Eastern Europe
    €39.90
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    360 Pages
    This book dissects—from both philosophical and empirical viewpoints—the peculiar developmental challenges, geopolitical contexts, and dystopic stalemates that post-Soviet societies face during their...
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  4. Mass Media in the Post-Soviet World

    Marlene Laruelle, Peter Rollberg

    Mass Media in the Post-Soviet World

    Market Forces, State Actors, and Political Manipulation in the Informational Environment after Communism
    €45.90
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    460 Pages
    This collection covers the major trends of the media environment of the post-Communist world and their recent development, with special focus on Russia and the post-Soviet space. The term ‘media environment’...
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  5. Religion and Magic in Socialist and Post-Socialist Contexts II

    Alexandra Cotofana, James Nyce

    Religion and Magic in Socialist and Post-Socialist Contexts II

    Baltic, Eastern European, and Post-USSR Case Studies
    €45.90
    ibidem
    320 Pages
    Religion and magic have often played important roles in Baltic, Eastern European, and post- USSR societies like those in Russia, Romania, Serbia, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, and Estonia. Taken together, the studies...
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  6. Kind Words, Cruise Missiles, and Everything in Between

    Barbara Kunz

    Kind Words, Cruise Missiles, and Everything in Between

    The Use of Power Resources in U.S. Policies towards Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus 1989–2008
    €39.90
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    290 Pages
    According to general Realist premises, after the end of the Cold War, the United States took an interest in remaining the only super power. Accordingly, it was attempting to maintain and manage unipolarity....
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  7. Joining a Prestigious Club

    Maria Shagina

    Joining a Prestigious Club

    Cooperation with Europarties and Its Impact on Party Development in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine 2004–2015
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    264 Pages
    Brussels’s idea of a “wider Europe” implies that Europeanisation is not limited to EU member states. The EU can, so it claims, also exert impact beyond its borders. One of the channels of external...
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  8. Bildungskorruption in Russland und der Ukraine

    Eduard Klein

    Bildungskorruption in Russland und der Ukraine

    Eine komparative Analyse der Performanz staatlicher Antikorruptionsmaßnahmen im Hochschulsektor am Beispiel universitärer Aufnahmeprüfungen
    €45.90
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    520 Pages
    Seit dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion ist Korruption ein Alltagsphänomen postsowjetischer Gesellschaften. Besonders betroffen ist der Bildungssektor. Doch was sind die Ursachen dieser Bildungskorruption,...
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  9. Transregional versus National Perspectives on Contemporary Central European History

    Michal Vit, Magdalena M. Baran

    Transregional versus National Perspectives on Contemporary Central European History

    Studies on the Building of Nation-States and Their Cooperation in the 20th and 21st Century
    €45.90
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    466 Pages
    This volume compares different regional perspectives on the national and democracy-building aims of individual states. It confronts discourses about national states to regional perspectives on the past...
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  10. Conflict Resolution Beyond the International Relations Paradigm

    Philip Gamaghelyan

    Conflict Resolution Beyond the International Relations Paradigm

    Evolving Designs as a Transformative Practice in Nagorno-Karabakh and Syria
    €34.90
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    290 Pages
    Conflict Resolution holds the promise of freeing approaches and policies with regard to politics of identity from the fatalistic grip of realism. While the conceptual literature on identity and conflicts...
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