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Books about Central Eastern Europe and the Balkans

PECOB offers a significant number of books, mainly published by universities and scientific institutions.

The books here presented focus primarily on the economic, political and social transition in Central Eastern European countries and the Balkans since the 90s, and on those areas' influence on the widening Europe. Issues concerning gender relations, migrations, regional economic cooperation, religions, nationalism and national identities are broadly discussed. Many books also focus on the history of Eastern Europe, economics and regional cooperation in Central Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Literary works recently trasnlated from Eastern European languages are also included in this section. Some of the books are available for dowload.
Recently added books address issues such as Hungary in 1956, the demise of the Soviet Union, proceedings from a conference on cooperation in the Balkans, Yugoslavia and the 1968 events in Czechoslovakia.

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  1. Moscow in Movement. Power and Opposition in Putin's Russia

    (published in: Dec, 2014)

    Moscow in Movement is the first exhaustive study of social movements, protest, and the state-society relationship in Vladimir Putin's Russia....

     

  2. After the Revolution. Youth, Democracy, and the Politics of Disappointment in Serbia

    (published in: Dec, 2014)

    Greenberg's narrative highlights the stories of young student activists as they seek to define their role and articulate a new form of legitimate political activity, post-socialism....

     

  3. MIGRATIONS EN BLANC. Médecins d'est en ouest

    (published in: Dec, 2014)

    La Roumanie et la Bulgarie se sont inscrites dans le nouveau contexte d élargissement de l'UE avec une intensification de la migration des professionnels de santé....

     

  4. History, Memory and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe

    (published in: Nov, 2014)

    Twenty years after the end of communism, the history of Central and Eastern Europe still sparks intense discussions in the former Soviet bloc, as contested memories, primarily about communist repression and WWII, are relived....

     

  5. Television and Presidential Power in Putin’s Russia

    (published in: Nov, 2014)

    This book provides an analysis of the changing relationship between control of Russian television media and presidential power during the tenure of President Vladimir Putin....

     

  6. Eurasian Integration – The View from Within

    (published in: Nov, 2014)

    As Eurasia and the adjacent territories become more important to the world, there is increasing interest from international powers, accompanied by attempts to give institutional form to traditional economic and...

     

  7. Religion, Nation and Democracy in the South Caucasus

    (published in: Nov, 2014)

    This book explores developments in the three major societies of the South Caucasus – Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia – focusing especially on religion, historical traditions, national consciousness, and political culture, and on...

     

  8. Fashion and the Consumer Revolution in Contemporary Russia

    (published in: Nov, 2014)

    This book explores how clothing consumption has changed in Russia in the past 20 years as capitalism has grown in a postsocialist state, bringing with it a "consumer revolution." It shows how...

     

  9. Guardando ad est. La politica estera italiana e i progetti di confederazione danubiana. Prima e dopo il 1947

    (published in: Nov, 2014)

    Il bacino danubiano-carpatico, al centro di interessi economici e strategici internazionali nel corso del secolo scorso, è da sempre il naturale approdo della politica estera italiana....

     

  10. Viaggio nell’Europa dell’Est. Dalla Serbia al Levante Ottomano

    (published in: Nov, 2014)

    Viaggio e viaggiatori, una lunga storia che abbraccia spazio e tempo, collega mondi lontani, culture diverse, idiomi e che caratterizza da sempre l'identità dell'uomo....

     

  11. Il pluralismo liberale può essere esportato? Teoria politica occidentale e relazioni etniche nell'Europa dell'Est

    (published in: Nov, 2014)

    Molti paesi post-comunisti dell'Europa centro-orientale e, in precedenza, l'Unione Sovietica, vengono incoraggiati da parte dei paesi occidentali a migliorare il trattamento delle minoranze etniche e nazionali, e ad adottare i modelli occidentali relativi ai diritti delle minoranze....

     

  12. Eastern Orthodox Encounters of Identity and Otherness. Values, Self-Reflection, Dialog

    (published in: Nov, 2014)

    From diverse international and multi-disciplinary perspectives, the contributors to this volume analyze the experiences, challenges and responses of Orthodox churches to the foundational transformations associated with the dissolution of the USSR....

     

  13. Hitler and Czechoslovakia in World War II. Domination and Retaliation

    (published in: Nov, 2014)

    The invasion of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany in March 1939 helped to precipitate Europe's descent into World War II six months later. The move, supposedly to protect the Sudeten Germans, shocked many in Europe, who saw it as a clear statement of intent by Hitler....

     

  14. Eurasian Integration – The View from Within

    (published in: Nov, 2014)

    As Eurasia and the adjacent territories become more important to the world, there is increasing interest from international powers, accompanied by attempts to give institutional form to traditional economic and security links within the region....

     

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  16. Soviet Soft Power in Poland

    (published in: Nov, 2014)

    Concentrating on the formative years of the Cold War from 1943 to 1957, Patryk Babiracki reveals little-known Soviet efforts to build a postwar East European empire through culture....

     

  17. Mapping the Cold War

    (published in: Nov, 2014)

    In this fascinating history of Cold War cartography, Timothy Barney considers maps as central to the articulation of ideological tensions between American national interests and international aspirations.....

     

  18. Empowering Revolution

    (published in: Nov, 2014)

    As the most populous country in Eastern Europe as well as the birthplace of the largest anticommunist dissident movement, Poland is crucial in understanding the end of the Cold War. During the 1980s, both the United States and the Soviet Union vied for...

     

  19. The Defiant Life of Vera Figner

    (published in: Oct, 2014)

    This engaging biography tells the dramatic story of a Russian noblewoman turned revolutionary terrorist.

     

  20. At the Price of the Republic: Hlinka’s Slovak People’s Party, 1929–1938

    (published in: Oct, 2014)

    Slovak nationalist sentiment has been a constant presence in the history of Czechoslovakia, coming to head in the torrent of nationalism that resulted in the dissolution of the Republic on January 1, 1993. James Felak examines a parallel episode in...

     

  21. The Sacrificed Body: Balkan Community Building and the Fear of Freedom

    (published in: Oct, 2014)

    In The Sacrificed Body, Tatjana Aleksic examines the widespread use of the sacrificial metaphor in cultural texts and its importance to sustaining communal ideologies in the Balkan region. Aleksic further relates the theme to the sanctioning of ethnic cleansing, rape, and murder in the name of homogeneity and....

     

  22. Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States

    (published in: Oct, 2014)

    Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States investigates why some Eastern European states transitioned to new forms of governance with minimal violence while others broke into civil war. In Bulgaria, the Turkish minority...

     

  23. Peacebuilding in Practice: Local Experience in Two Bosnian Towns

    (published in: Oct, 2014)

    In November 2007 Adam Moore was conducting fieldwork in Mostar when the southern Bosnian city was rocked by two days of violent clashes between Croat and Bosniak youth...

     

  24. Una storia balcanica. Fascismo, comunismo e nazionalismo nella Jugoslavia del Novecento

    (published in: Sep, 2014)

    Nella Storia della Jugoslavia la costruzione politica del discorso nazionalista rappresenta una opzione tra le altre e cercare di comprenderla storicamente è il compito del libro. Tentativo di una serena storia dei balcani.

     

  25. Power and Legitimacy - Challenges from Russia

    (published in: Sep, 2014)

    This book sheds new light on the continuing debate within political thought as to what constitutes power, and what distinguishes legitimate from illegitimate power.

     

  26. Chechnya at War and Beyond

    (published in: Sep, 2014)

    The Russia-Chechen wars have had an extraordinarily destructive impact on the communities and on the trajectories of personal lives in the North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya...

     

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  28. Life in Post-Communist Eastern Europe after EU Membership

    (published in: Sep, 2014)

    This book examines how membership of the European Union has affected life in the ten former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe that are now members of the European Union....

     

  29. Managing Ethnic Diversity in Russia

    (published in: Sep, 2014)

    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the norms and practices of ethnic diversity management in the Russian Federation in the last twenty years. It examines the evolution of the legal framework, the institutional architecture and the policies intended to address the large number of challenges posed by Russia’s immense ethno-cultural diversity.

     

  30. Central and Eastern Europe After Transition

    (published in: Jul, 2014)

    Central and Eastern Europe After Transition defines and examines new autonomous differences adopted at the state and the supranational level in the post-transitional phase of the post-Communist area, and considers their impact on constitutions, democracy and legal culture.

     

  31.  Rethinking the Rule of Law after Communism

    (published in: Jul, 2014)

    This volume surveys and contributes to the prolific debates that occurred in the years between the collapse of communism and the enlargement of the European Union.

     

  32. Fighting Corruption in Eastern Europe

    (published in: Jul, 2014)

    This book provides in-depth and comparative insights about the complex interplay between the international and domestic domains regarding anti-corruption efforts in the post-communist countries in Eastern Europe.

     

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  34. The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881

    (published in: Jul, 2014)

    This book traces the transformation in the face of adversity of the Jewish community in Eastern Europe in the 19th century from a group with an autonomous, traditional lifestyle to a more open culture which was nonetheless more confident of its own nationalist identity.

     

  35. La rivoluzione globale

    (published in: Jul, 2014)

    Questo volume racconta il dipanarsi della storia del comunismo internazionale dalla rivoluzione alla disgregazione dell'Urss

     

  36. Dopo la transizione. Welfare e povertà in Europa centro orientale

    (published in: Jul, 2014)

    Questo libro discute com’è cambiato il welfare state in Europa Centro Orientale con la fine del socialismo

     

  37. Primavera di Praga, risveglio europeo

    (published in: Jul, 2014)

    Questo volume aiuta a ricordare e a ricostruire quello che fu, pur con i suoi limiti e le sue contraddizioni, il più meditato e anche il più generoso tentativo di riforma del socialismo reale.

     

  38. States, Debt, and Power

    (published in: Jul, 2014)

    States, Debt, and Power argues for the importance of situating our contextually influenced thinking about European states and debt within a commitment to historically informed and critical analysis.

     

  39. Religion and Politics in Post-Socialist Central and Southeastern Europe

    (published in: Jul, 2014)

    This volume examines the political engagement of religious associations in the post-socialist countries of Central and Southeastern Europe.

     

  40. Eastern Christianity and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Southeastern Europe

    (published in: Jul, 2014)

    This volume examines the role of Orthodox churches in the construction of national identities.

     

  41. Football in Southeastern Europe

    (published in: Jul, 2014)

    This volume draws together scholarship across a number of disciplines – history, sociology, media and cultural studies, political science, Slavonic studies – to examine the significance of the sport of football within Southeastern Europe, with an especial focus on countries of the former Yugoslavia.

     

  42. Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe

    (published in: Jun, 2014)

    Analysing the key problems facing the transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe, this accessible book describes the legacy of the central planners, the progress achieved so far and the need for further reforms.

     

  43. Capitalism and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

    (published in: Jun, 2014)

    This volume presents a shared effort to apply a general historical-institutionalist approach to the problem of assessing institutional change in the wake of communism's collapse in Europe.

     

  44. The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe

    (published in: Jun, 2014)

    What is involved in "accession"? How have accession dynamics affected and been affected by the domestic politics of central and eastern European candidate countries and their adoption of EU rules?

     

  45. Le ombre dell'Europa

    (published in: Jun, 2014)

    Questo libro propone una salutare revisione di molti luoghi comuni per quanto riguarda lo sviluppo della democrazia moderna europea...

     

  46. Le Guerre Balcaniche e la fine del “Secolo Lungo”

    (published in: Jun, 2014)

    Riflette e revisita una pagina di storia molto importante e significativa in quanto viene spesso citata come pericoloso antecedente delle guerre che hanno infiammato i Balcani negli anni Novanta del XX secolo.

     

  47. L’Albania indipendente e le relazioni italo-albanesi (1912-2012)

    (published in: Jun, 2014)

    Contributi alla conoscenza e alla comprensione della difficile storia di un Paese (Albania) che condivide con l’Italia antiche e salde relazioni e molteplici interessi: economici, politici e culturali...

     

  48. Constitutional Evolution in Central and Eastern Europe: Expansion and Integration in the EU

    (published in: Jun, 2014)

    This book examines EU enlargement by studying how domestic constitutional evolution in the new member states contributes to European integration.

     

  49. Local Language Policies for Non-Majority Communities: Possibilities for More Effective Implementation

    (published in: Jun, 2014)

    This study represents a pioneering attempt to evaluate the implementation of language policies in local self-government units (LSGUs) in Macedonia, 13 years after the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement introduced far reaching changes in the sphere of use of minority languages...

     

  50. Reti infrastrutturali nei Balcani: Superamento del dilemma fra integrazione regionale ed europea

    (published in: Jun, 2014)

    Questo libro tratta dello sviluppo nei Balcani, e le implicazioni di esso per collaborazioni trasnazionale nella regione, specialemte con quelle che coinvolge l'Italia...

     

  51. L'Unione Sovietica in 209 citazioni

    (published in: Jun, 2014)

    I lettori troveranno in questo libro una sintesi, compatta, maneggevole e arricchita da un'approfondita discussione storiografica di tutte le questioni nodali, della storia sovietica...

     

  52. L'Italia e l'Europa orientale: diplomazia culturale e propaganda 1918-1943

    (published in: Jun, 2014)

    Questo volume si propone di analizzare le modalità con cui il mondo della cultura italiano si rese disponibile per mettere in atto una più o meno cosciente diplomazia culturale a supporto della politica di potenza del fascismo verso Est.

     

  53. Central and Eastern Europe Handbook

    (published in: May, 2014)

    Examines key issues affecting the economic growth of Central and Eastern Europe; designed to help the general reader understand a variety of complex factors -- social, political and economic -- that will bear on the region's economic growth.

     

  54. The Racial Idea in the Independent State of Croatia: Origins and Theory

    (published in: May, 2014)

    Based on extensive research on the ethnolinguistic and racial ideas of leading Croatian nationalist intellectuals, this book provides a detailed analysis of race theory in one of the Third Reich's lesser known allied states, the Independent State of Croatia...

     

  55. Beyond the Balkans: Toward an Inclusive History of Southeastern Europe

    (published in: May, 2014)

    Beyond the Balkans offers new perspectives on Southeast European history, envisaging the region's history as an integral part of European and global history.

     

  56. Stratgies of Symbolic Nation-building in South Eastern Europe

    (published in: May, 2014)

    Contributors offer interdisciplinary analyses of symbolic nation-building in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia...

     

  57. Me ne vado a Est

    (published in: May, 2014)

    “Me ne vado a Est" è un volume unico nel suo genere. In una qualunque libreria si trovano libri sulla Cina, sull’India, sul Brasile, sulla Russia.

     

  58. Il ponte Italia-Albania tra l'Unione Europea e i Balcani

    (published in: May, 2014)

    Il libro ripercorre nella parte centrale le tappe della costruzione del sistema democratico nel Paese e dello sviluppo della cooperazione di polizia italo-albanese in tema di sicurezza e di lotte al crimine.

     

  59. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon

    (published in: May, 2014)

    Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West's classic examination of the history, people, and politics of Yugoslavia illuminates a region that is still a focus of international concern.

     

  60. Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History

    (published in: May, 2014)

    From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the twentieth century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy.

     

  61. American Representations of Post-Communism

    (published in: May, 2014)

    With the televised events of 1989, territories of Eastern and Central Europe that had been marked as impenetrable and inaccessible to the Western gaze exploded into visibility.

     

  62. Red Globalization The Political Economy of the Soviet Cold War from Stalin to Khrushchev

    (published in: May, 2014)

    Was the Soviet Union a superpower? Red Globalization is a significant rereading of the Cold War as an economic struggle shaped by the global economy.

     

  63. Believing in Russia - Religious Policy after Communism

    (published in: May, 2014)

    This book presents a comprehensive overview of religious policy in Russia since the end of the communist regime, exposing many of the ambiguities and uncertainties about the position of religion in Russian life.

     

  64. Il mercato del gas naturale

    (published in: May, 2014)

    Il gas naturale è una delle risorse energetiche più utilizzate tanto nella produzione di energia, quanto in ambito industriale e civile.

     

  65. La Comunità Energetica del Sud Est Europa

    (published in: May, 2014)

    Il lavoro cerca di valutare il possibile ruolo della Comunità Energetica del Sud Est Europa quale fattore di stabilità nell’area Balcanica.

     

  66. Punk in Russia

    (published in: Mar, 2014)

    Punk culture is currently having a revival worldwide and is poised to extend and mutate even more as youth unemployment and youth alienation increase in many countries of the world.

     

  67. The Red Rockets' Glare

    (published in: Mar, 2014)

    The Red Rockets' Glare is the first academic study on the birth of the Soviet space program and one of the first social histories of Soviet science.

     

  68. Soviet and Post-Soviet Identities

    (published in: Mar, 2014)

    Since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, questions of identity have dominated the culture not only of Russia, but of all the countries of the former Soviet bloc.

     

  69. Ideologies of Eastness in Central and Eastern Europe

    (published in: Mar, 2014)

    This book explores how the countries of Eastern Europe, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc have, since the end of communist rule, developed a new ideology of their place in the world.

     

  70. Kommunikation über Grenzen

    (published in: Mar, 2014)

    Wie entstehen Grenzen? Und welche Rolle spielt Kommunikation dabei, Menschen und Gebiete voneinander abzugrenzen oder Trennungen zu überwinden.

     

  71. Slovakia in History

    (published in: Feb, 2014)

    This book explores the key moments and themes in the history of Slovakia from the Duchy of Nitra's ninth-century origins to the establishment of independent Slovakia at midnight 1992–3.

     

  72. Rural Women in the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia

    (published in: Feb, 2014)

    This book entitled "Rural Women in the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia" is the first full-length history of Russian peasant women in the 20th century in English.

     

  73. The making of Modern Georgia, 1918 - 2012

    (published in: Feb, 2014)

    When most of Eastern Europe was struggling with dictatorships of one kind or another, the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921) established a constitution, a parliamentary system with national elections, an active opposition, and a free press.

     

  74. It Was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway

    (published in: Jan, 2014)

    Russia today is haunted by deeds that have not been examined and words that have been left unsaid. A serious attempt to understand the meaning of the Communist experience has not been undertaken, and millions of victims of Soviet Communism are all but forgotten...

     

  75. Fragile Empire - How Russia Fell In and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin

    (published in: Jan, 2014)

    From Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Russian Far East, journalist Ben Judah has travelled throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics, conducting extensive interviews with President Vladimir Putin’s friends, foes, and colleagues, government officials, business tycoons, mobsters, and ordinary Russian citizens

     

  76. Iconic Turns - Nation and Religion in Eastern European Cinema since 1989

    (published in: Jan, 2014)

    After the epochal turn of 1989 a new wave of movies dealing with the complex entanglement of religious and national identity has emerged in the eastern part of Europe...

     
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