Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The spectacular state The spectacular state Laura L. Adams Laura L. Adams offers unique insight into nation building in Central Asia during the post-Soviet era through an exploration of Uzbekistan’s production of national culture in the 1990s. As she explain… OL15301064W
State building in Putin's Russia State building in Putin's Russia Brian D. Taylor "Building a strong Russian state was the central goal of Vladimir Putin's presidency. This book argues that Putin's strategy for rebuilding the state was fundamentally flawed. Taylor demonstrates tha… OL15538554W
Serbia's transition Serbia's transition Milica Uvalić "The book analyzes the twenty years of economic transition from socialism to capitalism in Serbia. It offers a comprehensive evaluation of the achievements and failures of the transition, and explain… OL16182527W
Время сэконд хэнд Время сэконд хэнд Светлана Алексиевич "From the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, comes the first English translation of her latest work, an oral history of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the … OL16813790W
Memory and change in Europe Memory and change in Europe Małgorzata Pakier,Joanna Wawrzyniak "In studies of a common European past, there is a significant lack of scholarship on the former Eastern Bloc countries. While understanding the importance of shifting the focus of European memory eas… OL22314852W
The grand experiment The grand experiment Andreas Pickel x, 262 p. ; 24 cm OL2636522W
Democracy Delayed Democracy Delayed Juan J. López "More than a decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Castro remains in power, with no sign that the Cuban government or economy is moving toward liberalization. In Democracy Delayed, political scie… OL8396740W