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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Minerals Yearbook
Author: Postcommunist Belarus
Author: Stephen WhitePublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742535558
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Belarus is one of the least studied European states to emerge from the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. In fact, few Western specialists paid much attention to its affairs during the Soviet era. Nevertheless, Belarus constitutes an important and sensitive border region between Russia and the western part of the continent. In Postcommunist Belarus, a stellar group of contributors examines the issues and the search for identity that Belarus has confronted in the period leading up to and following independence. The country is run in an authoritarian fashion by President Alexander Lukashenko and many observers, both inside and outside Belarus, would use the term "dictatorship" to describe his rule. Belarusian authorities prefer to emphasize the strong support of the people for the president and his cautious approach to economic reform. It seems unlikely that the country can hold out permanently against the wider pressures of democratization and economic reform that are transforming its neighbors. The country's situation offers political scientists many facets for comparison with established models. Belarus is grappling with challenges that are conceptual and psychological as much as they are political, economic, and social. Through new research, the contributors to Postcommunist Belarus offer an important, coherent, and comparative perspective on this little-known country.
Diasporas and Ethnic Migrants
Author: Rainer MunzPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135759383
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This work examines the reasons for and the practice of ethnic migration and the challenges it produces.
A Successful Transformation?
Author: Petr PavlínekPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3790820407
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This is a brilliant examination of the complex processes of the post-1990 transformation in the Czech automotive industry and its selective integration into the West European system. The post-1990 restructuring of the industry is analyzed in the context of its pre-1990 development and in the context of the East European automobile industry as a whole. Specifically, the book examines the development and post-1990 restructuring of the Czech car, components, and truck industries.
Serials in the British Library
Author: British Library. Bibliographic Services DivisionPublisher:
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Category : British periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Post-Soviet Geography and Economics
Author: Politics of Energy Dependency
Author: Margarita M. BalmacedaPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442667141
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Energy has been an important element in Moscow’s quest to exert power and influence in its surrounding areas both before and after the collapse of the USSR. With their political independence in 1991, Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania also became, virtually overnight, separate energy-poor entities heavily dependent on Russia. This increasingly costly dependency – and elites’ scrambling over associated profits – came to crucially affect not only relations with Russia, but the very nature of post-independence state building. The Politics of Energy Dependency explores why these states were unable to move towards energy diversification. Through extensive field research using previously untapped local-language sources, Margarita M. Balmaceda reveals a complex picture of local elites dealing with the complications of energy dependency and, in the process, affecting the energy security of Europe as a whole. A must-read for anyone interested in Eastern Europe, Russia, and the politics of natural resources, this book reveals the insights gained by looking at post-Soviet development and international relations issues not only from a Moscow-centered perspective, but from that of individual actors in other states.
New Serial Titles
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.
The Former Soviet Union in Transition
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic CommitteePublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
The Former Soviet Union in Transition
Author: John P. HardtPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315484285
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1249
Book Description
This edition of the Joint Economic Committee's 1993 reports on the economies of the ex-Soviet states tracks the Soviet and post-Soviet economic reform efforts, and looks at issues such as integration and developments.