This volume is an important contribution to the empirical research on what globalization means in different world regions. "Resistance" here has a double meaning: - Active, intentional resistance to tendencies which are rejected on political or moral grounds by presenting alternative discourses and concepts founded in specific cultural and national traditions. - Resilience with regard to globalization pressures in the sense that traditional patterns of development and politics are resistant to change and transform the impulses originating from globalization processes in a way that their results are very different when compared across regions and are not conducive to globalization. The book points out the possibility that the local, sub-national, national, and regional patterns of politics and development will coexist with globalized structures for quite a while without yielding very much ground and in ways which may turn out to be a serious barrier to further globalization. Case studies presented focus on Venezuela (A. Boeckh), Brazil (J. Faust), the Middle East (M. Beck, S. Hegasy), Iran (H. Furtig), and Russia (A. S. Makarychev, A. Shastitko, N. Zubarevich).

This title was first published in 2001. Based on extensive research, this trilogy provides new insights into Post-Soviet transformations without taking refuge in the traditional assumption that Russia is unique. Using powerful analytical tools, this trilogy marks the re-integration of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) into the main current of political science. An invaluable resource for all those interested in Russia and the Post-Soviet states. This second volume is concerned with institutions. It considers markets, property rights, networks, the information technology revolution and Russia's future and migration. The contributors take an original approach, putting the developments of the Post-Soviet states during the last ten years into a medium term context, elevating the debate above normal political speculation.A substantial and unique text, this book is relevant for students, researchers, journalists and decision-makers interested in the politics, international relations, economics, social policy and sociology of the FSU.

This title was first published in 2001: Based on extensive research, this trilogy provides new insights into Post-Soviet transformations without taking refuge in the traditional assumption that Russia is unique. Using powerful analytical tools, this trilogy marks the re-integration of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) into the main current of political science. An invaluable resource for all those interested in Russia and the Post-Soviet states. This first volume focuses on state, sectoral, and transnational actors from a predominantly rational choice perspective. The book includes an extensive introduction by the editor which uses additional material gathered by the project team on two polls, 1999 and 2000, which, in addition to the individual studies, provide sufficient data to obtain unprecedented insights into the basic preferences and the logic of action of the main players in Russia. The outcomes of this research will be particularly relevant for students, researchers, journalists and decision-makers interested in Russia and the Post-Soviet states' politics, international relations, economics, social policy and sociology.

This title was first published in 2001: Based on extensive research, this trilogy provides new insights into Post-Soviet transformations without taking refuge in the traditional assumption that Russia is unique. Using powerful analytical tools, this trilogy marks the re-integration of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) into the main current of political science. An invaluable resource for all those interested in Russia and the Post-Soviet states. This first volume focuses on state, sectoral, and transnational actors from a predominantly rational choice perspective. The book includes an extensive introduction by the editor which uses additional material gathered by the project team on two polls, 1999 and 2000, which, in addition to the individual studies, provide sufficient data to obtain unprecedented insights into the basic preferences and the logic of action of the main players in Russia. The outcomes of this research will be particularly relevant for students, researchers, journalists and decision-makers interested in Russia and the Post-Soviet states' politics, international relations, economics, social policy and sociology.

Case study rich, this volume advances our understanding of the significance of 'the city' in global governance. The editors call for innovation in international relations theory with case studies that add breadth to theorizing the role sub-national political actors play in global affairs. Each of the eight case studies demonstrates different intersections between the local and the global and how these intersections alter the conditions resulting from globalization processes. The case studies do so by focusing on one of three sub-themes: the diverse ways in which cities and sub-national regions impact nation-state foreign policy; the various dimensions of urban imbrications in global environmental politics; or the multiple methods and standards used to measure the global roles of cities.

Case study rich, this volume advances our understanding of the significance of 'the city' in global governance. The editors call for innovation in international relations theory with case studies that add breadth to theorizing the role sub-national political actors play in global affairs. Each of the eight case studies demonstrates different intersections between the local and the global and how these intersections alter the conditions resulting from globalization processes. The case studies do so by focusing on one of three sub-themes: the diverse ways in which cities and sub-national regions impact nation-state foreign policy; the various dimensions of urban imbrications in global environmental politics; or the multiple methods and standards used to measure the global roles of cities.

This timely book offers a multifaceted analysis of EU-Russian relations, drawing on the investigation of competing models of international society. Makarychev argues that the huge variety of interest-based and normative models is best explained through the study of foreign policy and identity discourses. His approach defies simplistic explanations of EU-Russian relations as either destined for cooperation or doomed to constant collisions. Instead, Makarychev unveils multiple alternatives that both the EU and Russia face in their policies toward each other. Assessing the repercussions ongoing EU-Russian discord has on Europe and the world, Makarychev's volume reveals the interconnectedness of the discourses dominating the EU and Russia while also accounting for the deep-seated disconnect between them.

Die Sowjetunion ist vergangen. Die historischen Wandlungspro zesse, die dies bewirkt haben, sind jedoch langst nicht abgeschlos sen: Der Systemwechsel, der Austausch des klassischen sowjeti schen Modells gegen ein anderes, ist in vollem Gange. In dieser Si tuation ist es nutzlich, einmal innezuhalten und eine Zwischenbilanz zu ziehen: Was haben die Jahre 1985 -1991 fur die Menschen in der fruheren Sowjetunion (FSU) gebracht? Wie sehr wurden Politik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft, Kultur von den dramatischen Veranderun gen erfasst, und mit welchem (Zwischen)Resultat? Die meisten Beitrage dieses Bandes wurden vor dem August 1991 geschrieben, also vor dem "Putschversuch," der das schon langst ab sehbare Ende der UdSSR und der KPdSU, aber auch das der "demo kratischen Opposition" verdeutlicht und beschleunigt hat. Soweit die ursprungliche Absicht des Buches, namlich auf eine unaufdring liehe, nicht abgehobene Weise in die einzelnen Bereiche des Wandels hineinzuleuchten, keineswegs erledigt ist, haben die einzelnen Bei trage auch jetzt eine wichtige Funktion. Der Systemwechsel geht weiter: es gibt zu ihm keine Alternative. Und die Formen, in denen er stattfinden wird, werden von der Befindlichkeit der einzelnen Ak tionsbereiche gepragt, die in diesem Band beschrieben werden. Ziel dieses Bandes ist, den facettenreichen Reformprozess, die Pe restrojka, so aufzuarbeiten, dass dieser historisch, sozialstruktureIl und in seinen politischen (vgl. die Beitrage von Halbach, Rahr, Seg bers, Schroder und Tolz), gesellschaftlichen (vgl. die Beitrage von Teckenberg und Trepper), rechtlichen (vgl. den Beitrag von Luchter hand), kulturellen (vgl. den Beitrag von Waschik), okonomischen (vgl. den Beitrag von Gotz) und okologischen (vgl."