Annual Survey of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: 1998

Annual Survey of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: 1998

Author: Peter Rutland

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-11-01

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 1040278671

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Annual Survey at Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union 1998 provides an overview of developments in one of the most rapidly changing regions of the world. It covers useful historical background, as well as foreign policy issues, and profiles of key personalities in these regions.


Income, Inequality, and Poverty During the Transition from Planned to Market Economy

Income, Inequality, and Poverty During the Transition from Planned to Market Economy

Author: Branko Milanovi?

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780821339947

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World Bank Technical Paper No. 394. Joint Forest Management (JFM) has emerged as an important intervention in the management of Indias forest resources. This report sets out an analytical method for examining the costs and benefits of JFM arrangements. Two pilot case studies in which the method was used demonstrate interesting outcomes regarding incentives for various groups to participate. The main objective of this study is to develop a better understanding of the incentives for communities to participate in JFM.


The OMRI Annual Survey of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, 1995

The OMRI Annual Survey of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, 1995

Author: Open Media Research Institute

Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9781563249242

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An overview and update of events in the region. Chapters on the countries of the region describe their historical background, current political developments, and domestic and foreign policy issues. Topical chapters are devoted to analysis of issues including economic and political development, international organizational and security concerns, and critical events. Includes excerpts from significant documents, and profiles of key personalities. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


From Ethnic Conflict to Stillborn Reform

From Ethnic Conflict to Stillborn Reform

Author: Shale Asher Horowitz

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1603445935

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"Author Shale Horowitz employs both statistical evidence and historical case studies of the eight new nations to determine that ethnic conflict entangles, distracts, and destabilizes reformist democratic governments, while making it easier for authoritarian leaders to seize and consolidate power. As expected, economic backwardness worsens these tendencies, but Horowitz finds that powerful reform-minded nationalist ideologies can function as antidotes." "The comprehensiveness of the treatment, use of both qualitative and quantitative analysis, and focus on standard concepts from comparative politics make this book an excellent tool for classroom use, as well as a ground-breaking analysis for scholars."--BOOK JACKET.


Eastern Europe [3 volumes]

Eastern Europe [3 volumes]

Author: Richard Frucht

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2004-12-22

Total Pages: 951

ISBN-13: 1576078019

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A contemporary analysis of the people, cultures, and society within the regions that make up Eastern Europe. Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture sheds light on modern-day life in the 16 nations comprising Eastern Europe. Going beyond the history and politics already well documented in other works, this unique three-volume series explores the social and cultural aspects of a region often ignored in books and curricula on Western civilization. The volumes are organized by geographic proximity and commonality in historical development, allowing the countries to be both studied individually and juxtaposed against others in the region. The first volume covers the northern tier of states, the second looks at lands that were once part of the Hapsburg empire, and the third examines the Balkan states. Each chapter profiles a single country—its geography, history, political development, economy, and culture—and gives readers a glimpse of the challenges that lie ahead. Vignettes on various topics of interest illuminate the unique character of each country.


Famine in European History

Famine in European History

Author: Guido Alfani

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-08-31

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1107179939

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The first systematic study of famine in all parts of Europe from the Middle Ages to present. It compares the characteristics, consequences and causes of famine in regional case studies by leading experts to form a comprehensive picture of when and why food security across the continent became a critical issue.


EU, Europe Unfinished

EU, Europe Unfinished

Author: Zlatan Krajina

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-09-23

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1783489804

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What is the meaning of the Balkans in the early 21st century? Former Yugoslav countries seek a self-flattering alliance with ‘the West’ via EU membership, while the Union’s citizens increasingly declare to be ‘Eurosceptic’. At the same time, economic turmoil in countries like Greece confronts massive incoming waves of refugees, for whom Europe’s south-eastern borders are the nearest shelter. In this time of crisis, the Balkans return on the agenda as a parable of Europe’s haunting questions about its future. EU, Europe Unfinished brings together established and emerging media and cultural scholars to explore colliding visions of space and identity within a declining continent. Whereas Europe imagines the Balkans to be the source of its nearest trouble, the region envisions Europe as a refuge from ongoing post-socialist transition. The book adopts a variety of critical perspectives – from media and policy analysis to anthropology, art history and autobiography – to investigate where Europe is headed with the Balkans in its skein, 25 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain.


Handbook of Research on Individualism and Identity in the Globalized Digital Age

Handbook of Research on Individualism and Identity in the Globalized Digital Age

Author: Topor, F. Sigmund

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2016-08-15

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13: 1522505237

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Globalization has shifted perspectives on individualism and identity as cultural exchange occurs more rapidly in an age of heightened connectivity. As technology connects those around the world, it too helps to provoke a shift in the autonomy of individuals. The Handbook of Research on Individualism and Identity in the Globalized Digital Age is an essential resource for researchers, professionals, and graduate-level students. This book explores and explains how globalization has impacted humans with specific emphasis on education and human development. This research-based publication presents critical perspectives on universal changes that are occurring due to globalization.


2014 Crisis in Ukraine. Perspectives, Reflections, International Reverberations

2014 Crisis in Ukraine. Perspectives, Reflections, International Reverberations

Author: Karol Kujawa

Publisher: ASLAN Publishing House

Published: 2015-12-30

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 8393914175

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This book is a collective attempt to present a wide-ranging picture of international attitudes towards the events currently ongoing in Ukraine. As some experts have already tended to claim, in 2014 this post-Soviet state lying in the Eastern part of the European continent has become a scene of the most serious geopolitical standoff since the end of the Cold war. It would be in place here to remind a well-known clear-cut maxim, formulated by Zbigniew Brzeziński in late 1990s and concerning Ukraine’s key role in shaping the Russian imperial self-identity: “Without Ukraine Russia ceases to be a Eurasian empire”. So what may readers expect to find in this book? It has been divided into two parts, reflecting the perspectives on Ukrainian crisis: first, the perspective of Ukraine’s close neighbours from Central Eastern Europe and Turkey; second, the perspectives of the global players like the EU, the US or China. We hope that such a publication focused on the above-mentioned problems and embedded in the actual reality will be useful both for professionals in the field of political science, as well as for those who have an influence on the shape of the foreign policy.