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Marking the fiftieth anniversary of events in 1956, that were a major turning point in the history of communist-ruled Eastern Europe, this book contains a selection of some of the research on those momentous events and their memory and legacy.

Examines the fate of post-Soviet press freedom and media culture in the context of the impact of globalisation. This book attempts to bridge the gaps between political and cultural studies approaches, between textual analysis and audience research, as well as between practitioner-led and scholarly approaches to the post-Soviet media.

A landmark analysis of Putin's presidency, neither condemning nor praising but providing a sober evaluation of how Russia changed under Putin, and how the world began to come to terms with these changes.

Coincides with the anniversaries of two significant milestones in Czech and Slovak history - the imposition of communist rule in 1948 and the doomed experiment to reform socialism which has come to be known as the Prague Spring of 1968.

Explores the views of political and economic elites alongside those of the wider population on the European Union based on recent questionnaire surveys conducted across 18 countries.

This volume has been published to coincide with the anniversaries of two significant milestones in Czech and Slovak history - the imposition of communist rule in 1948 and the doomed experiment to reform socialism which has come to be known as the Prague Spring of 1968. This book was published as a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies.