REGION: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
REGION: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia is a peer-reviewed international journal that explores the history and current political, economic, and social affairs of the entire former Soviet bloc. In particular, the journal focuses on various facets of transformation at the local and national levels in the aforementioned region, as well as the changing character of their relationships with the rest of the world in the context of glocalization. This journal distinguishes itself from others in similar fields by its (g)locally oriented perspective. This journal regularly gives space to articles on concrete local issues written by local Eurasianist scholars. REGION is published by Slavica on behalf of:
Journal Details
- Frequency: One volume (two issues) per year
- ISSN/eISSN: 2166-4307/2165-0659
- Website: Institute of Russian Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea
Indexing and Abstracting
American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies, ERIH (European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences), IBZ (Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur), SCOPUS Citation Index, Web of Science ESCI by Clarivate Analytics, Academic Search Ultimate
Submission information
- Editorial board
- Types of contributions accepted
- Style sheet and submission guidelines
- Code of ethics
- Permission to reprint
- Papers in economics
Subscription information
International postage costs an additional $10/volume for individuals and $11/volume for institutions.
- Individuals – $40
- Institutions– $60.00
- Students– $20.00
Online Availability
From the Editor 1
Eric Gordy Introduction 3
Articles
Miloš Đinđić and Dragana Bajić
Challenges of Public Administration Reform in Serbia: Between Requirements and Reality 9
Linka Toneva-Metodieva
Prospects for a Democratic Transformation of Postcommunist Society: The Case of Bulgaria 35
Edvin Zhllima, Drini Imami, Klodjan Rama, and Arjan Shahini
Corruption in Education during Socialism and the Postsocialist Transition: The Case of Albania 51
Nenad Markovikj and Ivan Damjanovski
The EU’s Democracy Promotion Meets Informal Politics: The Case of Leaders’ Meetings in the Republic of Macedonia 71
Adem Beha and Gëzim Selaci
Statebuilding without Exit Strategy in Kosovo: Stability, Clientelism, and Corruption 97
Review Essay
Branislav Radeljić Is There Any Hope for the Balkans? 125
Book Reviews
Rimma Tangalycheva
N. I. Lapin, ed.
Atlas modernizatsii Rossii i ee regionov: Sotsioekonomicheskie i sotsiokul ́turnye tendentsii i problemy 135
Alexander Diener
Edith W. Clowes and Shelly Jarre Bromber, eds.
Area Studies in the Global Age: Community, Place, Identity 141
Notes on the Contributors 145
Olga Bogdanova and Andrey Makarychev
Introduction 1
Andrey Makarychev and Alexandra Yatsyk
Imperial Biopolitics and Its Disavowals:
Russia, Georgia, and Spaces In-Between 3
Sophie Zviadadze
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Muslim and Georgian:
Religious Transformation and Questions of Identity among
Adjara’s Muslim Georgians 23
Mikheil Shavtvaladze
The State and Ethnic Minorities: The Case of Georgia 43
Kristina Khutsishvili
Myself and the Other:
Competitive Narratives of Georgians and Abkhazians 69
Articles
Kapitolina Fedorova
Interethnic Communication on the Russian-Chinese Border:
Its Past and Present 83
Elena Shadrina
The Common Gas Market of the Eurasian Economic Union:
Progress and Prospects for Institutionalization 105
Book Reviews
Matthew Pauly
Per Anders Rudling.
The Rise and Fall of Belarusian Nationalism, 1906–1931 139
John Fahey
Borislav Chernev.
Twilight of Empire: The Brest-Litovsk Conference and the Remaking of East-Central Europe, 1917–1918. 143
Harry C. Merritt
Alexis Peri.
The War Within: Diaries from the Siege of Leningrad. 145
Larissa G. Titarenko
Zhan Terent ́evich Toshchenko, ed.
Novye idei v sotsiologii. 149
Notes on the Contributors 153
Articles
Colum Leckey
Envisioning Imperial Space: P. I. Rychkov’s Narratives of Orenburg, 1730s–70s
Vladimir Tikhonov (Pak Noja)
”Korean Nationalism” Seen through the Comintern Prism, 1920s–30s
Kirill V. Istomin, Alexandr A. Popov, and Hye-Jin Kim
Snowmobile Revolution, Market Restoration, and Ecological Sustainability of Reindeer Herding: Changing Patterns of Micro- vs. Macromobility among Komi Reindeer Herders of Bol´shezemel´skaia Tundra
Andy Bruno
A Tale of Two Reindeer: Pastoralism and Preservation in the Soviet Arctic
Branislav Radeljic
Russia’s Involvement in the Kosovo Case: Defending Serbian Interests or Securing Its Own Influence in Europe?
Book Reviews
Michał J. Wilczewski
Robert Blobaum. A Minor Apocalypse: Warsaw during the First World War.
László Kürti
Guntis Šmidchens. The Power of Song: Nonviolent National Culture in the Baltic Singing RevolutionEast Germany.
Yulia Krylova
Pål Kolstø and Helge Blakkisrud, eds. The New Russian Nationalism: Imperialism, Ethnicity and Authoritarianism 2000–2015.
Kirstyn Leigh Hevey
Agnia Grigas. Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire.
Susan Smith-Peter
William Craft Brumfield. Architecture at the End of the Earth: Photographing the Russian North.
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David Feest and Heidi Hein-Kircher
Introduction
David Feest
Dividing Friend from Foe: Local Soviet Policy and the National Question in the Estonian Socialist Soviet Republic, 1944–53
Yaman Kouli
The German Minority in Poland between 1945 and 1960:A Key Element of Poland’s Postwar Economy
Achim Wörn
Jews in Szczecin, 1945–50: At the Crossroad between Emigration and Assimilation
Odeta Rudling
The Cult of the Balts: Mythological Impulses and Neo-Pagan Practices in the Touristic Clubs of the Lithuanian SSR of the 1960s and 1970s
Karol Rawski
A Soviet Ethnographic Think Tank: The Involvement of the Institute of Ethnography in Soviet Policy
Articles
Baris Isci Pembeci
Religion and the Construction of Ethnic Identity in Kyrgyzstan
Book Reviews
Balázs Apor
Michael David-Fox. Crossing Borders: Modernity, Ideology, and Culture in Russia and the Soviet Union
Nicholas Levy
Heather DeHaan. Stalinist City Planning: Professionals, Performance, and Power
László Kürti
Alan McDougall. The People’s Game: Football, State, and Society in East Germany
Natalie Misteravich-Carroll
Kinga Pozniak. Nowa Huta: Generations of Change in a Model Socialist Town
Catherine Portuges
Liliya Berezhnaya and Christian Schmitt, eds. Iconic Turns: Nation and Religion in Eastern European Cinema since 1989
Special Issue: Centrifugal Forces? Russia’s Regional Identities and Initiatives
Edith W. Clowes
Introduction 117
Alla Anisimova and Olga Echevskaia
Reading Post-Soviet (Trans)formations of Siberian
Identity through Biographical Narrative 127
Edith W. Clowes
Branding Tiumen’: Official Image and Local Initiatives 149
Kathryn E. Graber
The All-Buriat “Ray of Light”: Independence and Identity in Native-Language Media 175
Gisela Erbslöh
Seeking Chechen Identity between Repression and
Self-Determination under the Ramzan Kadyrov Regime 201
Austin Charron
Whose is Crimea? Contested Sovereignty and Regional Identity 225
Book Reviews
Michael Paulauskas
Kiril Tomoff. Virtuosi Abroad: Soviet Music and Imperial
Competition during the Early Cold War, 1945–1958 257
Lewis H. Siegelbaum
Stephen A. Smith. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Communism 261
Notes on the Contributors 265
Style Sheet and Submission Guidelines 269