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  • Russia Resurrected

    Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order

    by Kathryn E. Stoner ...
    An assessment of Russia that suggests that we should look beyond traditional means of power to understand its strength and capacity to disrupt international politics. Too often, we are told that Russia plays a weak hand well. But, perhaps the nation's cards are better than we know. Russia ranks significantly behind the US and China by traditional measures of power: GDP, population size and health, ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Russia Resurrected

    Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order

    by Kathryn E. Stoner ...
    Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 1 min

    Too often, we are told that Russia plays a weak hand well. But, perhaps the nation's cards are better than we know. Russia ranks behind the US and China by traditional measures of power: GDP, population size and health, and military might. Yet twenty-five years removed from its mid-1990s nadir following the collapse of the USSR, Russia has become a supremely disruptive force in world politics. ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Local Heroes

    The Political Economy of Russian Regional Governance

    by Kathryn Stoner-Weiss ...
    In Local Heroes, Kathryn Stoner-Weiss analyzes a crucial aspect of one of the great dramas of modern times--the reconstitution of the Russian polity and economy after more than seventy years of communist rule. This is the first book to look comprehensively and systematically at Russia's democratic transition at the local level. Its goal is to explain why some of the new political institutions in ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • From the House to the Streets

    The Cuban Woman's Movement for Legal Reform, 1898-1940

    by Kathryn Lynn Stoner ...
    From the House to the Streets is the first study on feminists and the feminist movement in Cuba between 1902 and 1940. In the four decades following its independence form Spain in 1898, Cuba adopted the most progressive legislation for women in the western hemisphere. K. Lynn Stoner explains how a small group of women and men helped to shape broad legal reforms: she describes their campaigns, the ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World

    Edited by Valerie Bunce, Michael McFaul, Kathryn Stoner-Weiss ...
    Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World examines three waves of democratic change that took place in eleven different former Communist nations. It draws important conclusions about the rise, development, and breakdown of both democracy and dictatorship in each country, providing a comparative perspective on the post-Communist world. The first democratic wave to sweep this region ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Transitions to Democracy

    A Comparative Perspective

    Edited by Kathryn Stoner, Michael McFaul ...
    Fifteen case studies by scholars and practitioners demonstrate the synergy between domestic and international influences that can precipitate democratic transitions.As demonstrated by current events in Tunisia and Egypt, oppressive regimes are rarely immune to their citizens’ desire for democratic government. Of course, desire is always tempered by reality; therefore how democratic demands are ... Read more

    $29.49 USD

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  • The World

    A Brief Introduction

    by Richard Haass ...
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  • EU-Russia Relations

    Time for a Realistic Turnaround

    by Katinka Barysch, Christopher Coker, Leszek Jesień ...
    Series series Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies Research Papers
    In this paper, three long-time observers of Russia and the EU perform a reality check on the EU–Russia relationship. All three authors agree that a more realistic EU policy would deal with Russia as it is, not as the EU wants it to be. The reality of today’s Russia is complex, as is the policy formulation process in the EU. Nevertheless, the EU should start with a clearer idea of where its own ... Read more

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  • A World in Disarray

    American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order

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  • World on Fire

    How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability

    by Amy Chua ...
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  • Russia after 2012

    From Putin to Medvedev to Putin – Continuity, Change, or Revolution?

    Edited by J.L. Black, Michael Johns ...
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    This book provides an overview of the state of Russia after the 2012 presidential election. It considers a wide range of both domestic and international issues, examining both the run up to and the consequences of the election. It covers political, economic, and social topics. It assesses the political scene both before and after the election, and discusses the nature of and likely future of ... Read more

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