Bücher der Reihe International Council for Central and East European Studies

These original essays discuss Gorbachev and Soviet history, the changing nature of mass culture in the 1920s and 1930s, the politics of shopfloor culture between the wars, and the evolution of the political elite from the 1930s to the 1990s.

The late twentieth century witnessed remarkable changes in Soviet domestic and foreign policy. Eastern Europe sprang free of the country that held it in its grip for over forty years. The Soviet leadership has accepted the reunification of Germany and supported the US-sponsored resolution in the UN permitting the use of force in the Gulf against one of its former allies.

These original essays discuss Gorbachev and Soviet history, the changing nature of mass culture in the 1920s and 1930s, the politics of shopfloor culture between the wars, and the evolution of the political elite from the 1930s to the 1990s.

Soviet policy towards the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America underwent substantial expansion and change during the three decades since Khrushchev first initiated efforts to break out of the USSR's international isolation. This 1988 volume examine various aspects of Soviet and East European policy towards the Third World.

First published in 1989 at a time when the eastern bloc in general was confronting major economic problems, the essays in this volume are written from an economic standpoint and combine both topicality and detailed scholarly analysis, addressing such significant topics as energy conservation, regional development and technological innovation.

The study of women and gender relations has become one of the most productive fields of research into Russian and Soviet society and this volume offers an interdisciplinary insight into the field. Written by leading Western scholars, it spans the last decade of tsarist Russia, the 1917 revolutions and the Soviet period.

In this 1992 volume, leading international political economists provide an in-depth analysis of why the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe are moving away from a centrally planned economy toward integration within the global economy and examine how they overcome their development lag and implement a restructuring policy.

The study of women and gender relations has become one of the most productive fields of research into Russian and Soviet society and this volume offers an interdisciplinary insight into the field. Written by leading Western scholars, it spans the last decade of tsarist Russia, the 1917 revolutions and the Soviet period.

This book, originally published in 1992, describes the Soviet environment at its crisis point in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The contributors examine the aftermath of Chernobyl, the catastrophic causes and effects of the Aral Sea's shrinkage, the environmental issues and public unrest during this environmentally turbulent period.

The late twentieth century witnessed remarkable changes in Soviet domestic and foreign policy. Eastern Europe sprang free of the country that held it in its grip for over forty years. The Soviet leadership has accepted the reunification of Germany and supported the US-sponsored resolution in the UN permitting the use of force in the Gulf against one of its former allies.

This 1988 collection is derived from the Third World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, and provides a comprehensive survey of Soviet political and economic problems. It concentrates upon three major themes; the Soviet party apparat, socialization and political discourse, and social policy.

First published in 1989 at a time when the eastern bloc in general was confronting major economic problems, the essays in this volume are written from an economic standpoint and combine both topicality and detailed scholarly analysis, addressing such significant topics as energy conservation, regional development and technological innovation.

In this 1992 volume, leading international political economists provide an in-depth analysis of why the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe are moving away from a centrally planned economy toward integration within the global economy and examine how they overcome their development lag and implement a restructuring policy.

When East European communism collapsed in the revolutions of 1989, the newly liberated countries discarded socialism altogether. For the first time, most of Eastern Europe experienced free elections and a multitude of parties. In this book, ten distinguished experts explore the transition to a market economy in Eastern Europe.

This collection of essays looks at the impact on women of the political changes which have taken place in East-Central Europe since the 1930s.