Problems of Post-Communism, January 2013 Table of Contents

Volume 60 Number 1 / January-February 2013 of Problems of Post-Communism is now available on the mesharpe.metapress.com web site at http://mesharpe.metapress.com/link.asp?id=R617LL57W1M1.

This issue contains:

Populism and the Construction of Political Charisma: Post-Transition Politics in Bulgaria	p. 3
Boris Gurov, Emilia Zankina
How Stable Is the New Kim Jong-un Regime?: A Revolution in North Korea?	p. 18
Mun Suk Ahn
When External Leverage Fails: The Case of Yulia Tymoshenko’s Trial	p. 29
Serhiy Kudelia
The European Union in Kosovo: Reflecting on the Credibility and Efficiency Deficit	p. 43
Nikolaos Tzifakis
Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector in Serbia: Perceived Effects	p. 55
Vanja Rokvić, Željko Ivaniš

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Problems of Post-Communism, November 2012 Table of Contents

Volume 59 Number 6 / November-December 2012 of Problems of Post-Communism is now available on the ME Sharpe web site at http://mesharpe.metapress.com.

This issue contains:

The 2012 Political Reform in Russia: The Interplay of Liberalizing Concessions and Authoritarian Corrections	p. 3
Grigorii V. Golosov
Modernization and Historical Memory in Russia: Two Sides of the Same Coin	p. 15
Miguel Vázquez Liñán
Reforming Post-Communist Welfare States: Family Policy in Poland, Hungary, and Romania Since 2000	p. 27
Tomasz Inglot, Dorottya Szikra, Cristina Raţ
Civil Society with Chinese Characteristics?: An Examination of China’s Urban Homeowners’ Committees and Movements	p. 50
Ngeow Chow Bing
A Salute to Ronald Linden, Outgoing Associate Editor of Problems of Post-Communism and a Welcome to Sherrill Stroschein, Incoming Associate Editor of Problems of Post-Communism	p. 64
Dmitry Gorenburg, Editor

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Problems of Post-Communism, September 2012 Table of Contents

Volume 59 Number 5 / September-October 2012 of Problems of Post-Communism is now available on the mesharpe.metapress.com web site at http://mesharpe.metapress.com.

This issue contains:

Post-Communist Courts: Independence, Accountability, and Popular Trust: Guest Editor’s Introduction	p. 3
Maria Popova
Courts, Police, and Journalists: Overlooked Support for Press Freedom in Post-Soviet Authoritarian States	p. 6
Sophia Wilson
Suing Russia at Home	p. 18
Alexei Trochev
Why Doesn’t the Bulgarian Judiciary Prosecute Corruption?	p. 35
Maria Popova
Judicial Self-Governance and the Rule of Law: Evidence from Romania and the Czech Republic	p. 50
Daniel J. Beers
My Perestroika and Russian Politics	p. 68
Timothy Frye

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Problems of Post-Communism, July 2012 Table of Contents

Volume 59 Number 4 / July-August 2012 of Problems of Post-Communism is now available on themesharpe.metapress.com web site at http://mesharpe.metapress.com.

This issue contains:

Economic Trends as an Identity Marker?: The Pamiri Trade Niche with China and Afghanistan	p. 3
Sébastien Peyrouse
The Continuing Reorganization of Russia’s Environmental Bureaucracy: Regional Interpretation and the Response of Key Actors	p. 15
Jo Crotty, Peter Rodgers
Kim Jong-il’s Death and His Son’s Strategy for Seizing Power in North Korea	p. 27
Mun Suk Ahn
Reducing Inflation in Ex-Communist Economies: Independent Central Banks Versus Financial Sector Development	p. 38
Jane Bogoev, Goran Petrevski, Bruno S. Sergi
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Impact on Central Asian Security: A View from Kazakhstan	p. 56
Roger N. McDermott

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Problems of Post-Communism, May 2012 Table of Contents

 

Volume 59 Number 3 / May-June 2012 of Problems of Post-Communism is now available on the mesharpe.metapress.com web site.

This issue contains:

Ideas and Political Communication in the Service of Power in Russia and the Post-Soviet Space: Guest Editor’s Introduction	p. 3
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
Nationalism in Quiet Times: Ideational Power and Post-Soviet Hybrid Regimes	p. 6
J. Paul Goode
The Limits of the Matrix: Ideas and Power in Russian Politics of the 2000s	p. 17
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
Constructing Russian Power by Communicating During Disasters: The Forest Fires of 2010	p. 31
Eva Bertrand
The Collective Security Treaty Organization Through the Looking Glass	p. 41
Yulia Nikitina
Russian Policy Toward Transnistria: Between Multilateralism and Marginalization	p. 53
Andrey Devyatkov

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Problems of Post-Communism, March 2012 Table of Contents

Volume 59 Number 2 / March-April 2012 of Problems of Post-Communism is now available on the mesharpe.metapress.com web site at http://mesharpe.metapress.com.

This issue contains:

Domestic Sources of Russia’s China Policy	p. 3
Marcin Kaczmarski
Turkmenistan’s Shifting Energy Geopolitics in 2009-2011: European Perspectives	p. 18
Slavomír Horák
Resisting International State Building in Kosovo	p. 31
Chris van der Borgh
PONARS as a Transnational Epistemic Community: An Insider’s View	p. 43
Andrey Makarychev
The State of the LGBT Community and Homophobia in Ukraine	p. 51
Tamara Martsenyuk

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Problems of Post-Communism, January 2012 Table of Contents

Volume 59 Number 1 / January-February 2012 of Problems of Post-Communism is now available on the M.E. Sharpe Metapress web site.

This issue contains:

Playing to Lose?: Russia and the “Arab Spring”	p. 3
Stephen Blank and Carol R. Saivetz
The Politics of U.S. Television Coverage of Post-Communist Countries	p. 15
Ivan Katchanovski and Alicen R. Morley
Explaining the Varying Impact of International Aid for Local Democratic Governance in Bosnia-Herzegovina	p. 31
Paula M. Pickering
Russian Military Modernization: Cause, Course, and Consequences	p. 44
Bettina Renz and Rod Thornton

Why Look Back?: Citizens’ Attitudes Toward the Communist Regime in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine	p. 55
Sergiu Gherghina and Lina Klymenko

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Problems of Post-Communism, November 2011 Table of Contents

Volume 58 Number 6 / November-December 2011 of Problems of Post-Communism is now available on the mesharpe.metapress.com web site athttp://mesharpe.metapress.com.

This issue contains:

The Media Market and Media Ownership in Post-Communist Ukraine: Impact on Media Independence and Pluralism	p. 3
Natalya Ryabinska
Business as Usual?: Gazprom’s Pricing Policy Toward the Commonwealth of Independent States	p. 21
Karel Svoboda
Developing a Parliamentary Seniority System: A Case Study of Slovenia	p. 36
Uroš Pinterič
Social and Political Transnationalism Among Central Asian Migrants and Return Migrants: A Case Study of Kyrgyzstan	p. 48
Vanessa Ruget, Burul Usmanalieva

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Problems of Post-Communism, July 2011 Table of Contents

Volume 58 Numbers   4-5 / July-October 2011 of Problems of Post-Communism is now available on the mesharpe.metapress.com web site at http://mesharpe.metapress.com.

This issue contains:

The Surprisingly Nonviolent Aftermath of the Beslan School Hostage Taking	p.3
Debra Javeline and Vanessa A. Baird
Introduction: Coup de Grâce?“	p.23
Ann E. Robertson
Beyond the Nationalities Question?	p.35
Mark R. Beissinger
Revisiting the End of the Soviet Union	p.46
Anders Åslund
The Gorbachev Factor Revisited	p.56
Archie Brown
The Coup That Never Was: Gorbachev and the Forces of Reaction	p.66
Amy Knight
Documents from 1990-1991	p.75
The Last Year of the USSR: A Timeline	p.96
Seventeen Moments in Soviet History	p.121
Ann E. Robertson and James von Geldern
Robert T. Huber, 1955-2011	p. 123
Dana Ponte and Ann E. Robertson
Dmitry P. Gorenburg Appointed to Succeed Robert T. Huber as Editor of Problems of Post-Communism	p. 124

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Problems of Post-Communism Announcement

The publisher of Problems of Post-Communism is pleased to announce that Dmitry P. Gorenburg has been appointed editor of the journal to complete the editorial term of the late Robert T. Huber of NCEEER. Problems of Post-Communism is a peer-reviewed publication that has always aimed for accessibility to a broad readership both inside and outside the academy. It offers timely coverage of the communist and post-communist world and is currently hoping to expand coverage of East and Southeast Asia in addition to its traditional strength from Central Europe to Russia to Central Asia. The journal invites online submissions and suggestions for future issues at www.problemsofpostcommunism.com. 

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