The Politics of East European Area Studies

Herausgeber: Dale, Gareth; Segert, Dieter; Miklossy, Katalin

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Does Eastern Europe still exist? This volume explores the contemporary meanings of 'Central and Eastern Europe,' with a focus upon its construction as a distinctive region through Area Studies scholarship. Alex Cistelecan, Robert Bideleux, Katalin Miklóssy and Dieter Segert-tease out the implications for an 'Area Studies' approach to the region. Very few other titles discuss the background, history or politics of academic study of the region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 110
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781138653306
• ISBN-10: 1138653306
• Artikelnr.: 44147203

Autorenporträt

Gareth Dale teaches politics at Brunel University. He has published on Karl Polanyi, Eastern Europe and the GDR, green growth, and international migration. Recent publications include "First the Transition, then the Crash: Eastern Europe in the 2000s" (2011) and "Karl Polanyi: The Limits of the Market" (2010). Katalin Miklóssy teaches Eastern European area studies at the University of Helsinki, with a particular focus on issues related to democratisation. She has published on competition, modernisation and Cold War interactions regarding East Central European countries. Dieter Segert teaches Eastern European Area Studies at Vienna University. He has published in numerous books and journals on state socialism and its legacy, democracy and party politics.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The ''Orientalization'' and ''de-Orientalization'' of
East Central Europe and the Balkan Peninsula 3. From Region to Culture,
from Culture to Class 4. Russian and East European Studies with a Finnish
Flavour 5. Is There Really Something Like ''Eastern Europe''? And If So,
Why Do We Need Area Studies of It?