The Post-Soviet States: Mapping the Politics of Transition - Hardcover

Smith, Graham

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340677902 ISBN 13: 9780340677902

Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers, 1999

Synopsis

The collapse of the Soviet Union has engendered one of the most momentous and critical regional transformations of our times through formation and development of the post-Soviet states. This book explores the politics of post-Soviet transition and the problems which will continue to face these states in the twenty-first century as they struggle toward democracy, market reform, ethnic co-existence and integration into a new geopolitical post-Cold War world order.

Richly illustrated with examples drawn from Russian and other post-Soviet primary sources, the book focuses upon three broad themes of transition: first, the progression from colonialism to post-colonialism and the consequences of such changes on national identity and the redefinition of national homeland; second, the movement away from totalitarian rule and the processes that both facilitate and challenge the prospects of a democratic future; third, the process of securing a successful place in the global capitalist economy.

New theoretical ways are introduced to map out these themes, providing a framework from which to understand the geopolitical, economic and social processes that are likely to shape this transition into the twenty-first century.

About this title

About the Author

Graham Smith is Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Director of its Post-Soviet States Research Programme, and Lecturer on the Post-Soviet States in the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340677902
• ISBN 13: 9780340677902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288