Russia, the Former Soviet Republics, and Europe Since 1989: Transformation and Tragedy

Nearly three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, early hopes for the integration of the post-Soviet states into a Europe whole and free seem to have been decisively dashed. Europe itself is in the midst of a multifaceted crisis that threatens the considerable gains of the post-war liberal European experiment. In Russia, the Former Soviet Republics, and Europe Since 1989, Katherine Graney provides a panoramic and historically-rooted overview of the process of Europeanization in Russia and all fourteen of the former Soviet republics since 1989. Graney argues that deeply rooted ideas about Europe's cultural-civilizational primacy and concerns about both ideological and institutional alignment with Europe continue to influence both internal politics in contemporary Europe and the processes of Europeanization in the post-Soviet world. By comparing the effect of the phenomenon across Russia and the ex-republics, Graney provides a theoretically grounded and empirically rich
window into how we should study politics in the former USSR.


Author: Katherine Graney
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/24/2019
Pages: 472
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780190055097

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2020

About the Author

Katherine Graney is Professor of Political Science at Skidmore College, where she has also held the Joseph C. Palamountain Chair in Political Science and directed the Gender Studies Program. She earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999. She has published widely on ethnic politics, gender and other aspects of contemporary politics in Russia.

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