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  • The Regional Roots of Russia's Political Regime

    by Bryon J Moraski, William M. Reisinger ...
    In The Regional Roots of Russia’s Political Regime, William M. Reisinger and Bryon J. Moraski examine Russian politics at the subnational level in order to discover why democracy failed to take root and how Putin’s authoritarian regime materialized. Since the national regime needed dominant victories in federal legislative and presidential elections, elections were critical to the resurgence of ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Party Politics in Russia and Ukraine

    Electoral System Change in Diverging Regimes

    by Bryon Moraski ...
    Examines how political parties navigate major election reforms by comparing electoral system changes in Russia and Ukraine at the same time, under different regimesIn Party Politics in Russia and Ukraine, Bryon Moraski provides a window into the political landscapes of Russia and Ukraine, two countries that have clashed with each other—and struggled with their own popular revolts—in recent years. ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

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    Markets, Aid, and Reform

    by Stephan Haggard, Marcus Noland ...
    In the mid-1990s, as many as one million North Koreans died in one of the worst famines of the twentieth century. The socialist food distribution system collapsed primarily because of a misguided push for self-reliance, but was compounded by the regime's failure to formulate a quick response-including the blocking of desperately needed humanitarian relief.As households, enterprises, local party ... Read more

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  • The Park Chung Hee Era

    The Transformation of South Korea

    by Chang Jae Baik, Jorge I. Domínguez, Yong-Sup Han, Sung Gul Hong, Paul D. Hutchcroft, Hyug Baeg Im, Byung-joon Jun, Eun Mee Kim, Hyung-A Kim, Joo Hong Kim, Taehyun Kim, Yong-Jick Kim, Jung-Hoon Lee, Min Yong Lee, Nae-Young Lee, Young Jo Lee, Seok-jin Lew, Chung-in Moon, Gregory W. Noble, Gil-Sung Park, Myung-Lim Park, Sang-young Rhyu ...
    In 1961 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The transformation took place during the years of Park Chung Hee's presidency. Park seized power in a coup in 1961 and ruled as a virtual dictator until his assassination in October 1979. He is credited ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Origins of Dominant Parties

    Building Authoritarian Institutions in Post-Soviet Russia

    by Ora John Reuter ...
    In many autocracies, regime leaders share power with a ruling party, which can help generate popular support and reduce conflict among key elites. Such ruling parties are often called dominant parties. In other regimes, leaders prefer to rule solely through some combination of charisma, patronage, and coercion, rather than sharing power with a dominant party. This book explains why dominant ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Russia's Response to Sanctions

    How Western Economic Statecraft is Reshaping Political Economy in Russia

    by Richard Connolly ...
    In the first in-depth analysis of the effects of sanctions on the Russian political economy, Richard Connolly details the Western sanctions targeting the energy, defense and financial sectors, and the Russian response. He explores how the Western sanctions have caused Russian officials to formulate rapid policy responses to enable the country to adapt to the new circumstances. The sanctions and ... Read more

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  • Tax Politics in Eastern Europe

    Globalization, Regional Integration, and the Democratic Compromise

    by Hilary Appel ...
    “This is the first book to systematically examine the variation in policies of Eastern European countries. There is a theoretical contribution to understandings of variation in tax policies, but just as impressive is the in-depth empirical analysis and in particular the data from interviews with key players in the process.”—Yoshiko Herrera, University of Wisconsin-MadisonPost-Communist tax reform, ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Arms on the Market

    Reducing the Risk of Proliferation in the Former Soviet Union

    Edited by Suzette R. Grillot, Suzette Grillot R ...
    Almost overnight, the massive military-industrial assets of the Soviet Union came under the jurisdiction of fifteen states instead of one established government. While only four states inherited weapons of mass destruction, most of the fifteen states of the former Soviet Union can produce sensitive materials and equipment. Because all the states se ... Read more

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  • The State as Investment Market

    Kyrgyzstan in Comparative Perspective

    by Johan Engvall ...
    Series Book 24 - Central Eurasia in Context
    Based on a detailed examination of Kyrgyzstan, Johan Engvall goes well beyond the case of this single country to elaborate a broad theory of economic corruption in developing post-Soviet states regionally—as a rational form of investment market for political elites. He reveals how would-be officials invest in offices to obtain access to income streams associated with those offices. Drawing on ... Read more

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  • Hard Target

    Sanctions, Inducements, and the Case of North Korea

    by Stephan Haggard, Marcus Noland ...
    Series series Studies in Asian Security
    Because authoritarian regimes like North Korea can impose the costs of sanctions on their citizens, these regimes constitute "hard targets." Yet authoritarian regimes may also be immune—and even hostile—to economic inducements if such inducements imply reform and opening. This book captures the effects of sanctions and inducements on North Korea and provides a detailed reconstruction of the role ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Insincere Commitments

    Human Rights Treaties, Abusive States, and Citizen Activism

    by Heather Smith-Cannoy ...
    Paradoxically, many governments that persistently violate human rights have also ratified international human rights treaties that empower their citizens to file grievances against them at the United Nations. Therefore, citizens in rights-repressing regimes find themselves with the potentially invaluable opportunity to challenge their government’s abuses. Why would rights-violating governments ... Read more

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  • Understanding Ukrainian Politics: Power, Politics, and Institutional Design

    Power, Politics, and Institutional Design

    by Paul D'Anieri ...
    Ukraine made headlines around the world during the winter of 2004-05 as the colorful banners of the Orange Revolution unfurled against the snowy backdrop of Kyiv, signaling the bright promise of democratic rebirth. But is that what is really happening in Ukraine? In the early post-Soviet period, Ukraine appeared to be firmly on the path to democracy. The peaceful transfer of power from Leonid ... Read more

    $68.99 USD