Central and South-Eastern Europe 2024

A comprehensive survey of the countries and territories of this region, incorporating the latest economic and political developments.
General Survey
Essays by acknowledged experts in the region cover a variety of topical issues.
In addition, appendices discuss the religions of the region and the Russian Baltic territory of Kaliningrad.
Country Surveys
Individual chapters for each country, containing:
- information on physical and social geography
- a detailed chronology of political events, both recent and historical
- essays on each country's political history and economy
- a statistical survey
- an extensive directory of contact details for political, state and commercial institutions and organizations in the region (covering national and local government, political organizations, diplomatic representation, the judicial system, religion, the media, finance, telecommunications and broadcasting, major companies, transport, tourism, culture, social welfare, the environment, defence, education and more)
- and a select bibliography.
Who's Who in Central and South-Eastern Europe
Biographical details for more than 200 of the region's leading political figures.
Regional Information
Contact information and extensive details of the activities of regional and international organizations active in the region; a list of research institutes that focus on the region, together with contact details; and select bibliographies of both books and periodicals.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE General Survey

Divided Democracies in the Visegrad Four
KAREN HENDERSON

The Impact of the People's Republic of China in South-Eastern Europe
ANASTAS VANGELI

Russian Influence in South-Eastern Europe
DIMITAR BECHEV

The Baltic Transformation: From Communist Subjugation to Democratic Sovereignty
SANDIS SRADERS

Modern Greece in South-Eastern Europe
OTHON ANASTASAKIS


Appendix 1: The Religions of the Region


Appendix 2: The Kaliningrad Region


PART TWO Country Surveys

Sections on geography, chronology, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country


ALBANIA

History
KLODIANA BESHKU
Economy
LUCA J. UBERTI

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

History
MARKO ATTILA HOARE
Economy
WILL BARTLETT


BULGARIA


History
EMILIA ZANKINA
Economy
DANIELA BOBEVA (revised by the editorial staff)


CROATIA

History
MARCUS TANNER
Economy
TENA PRELEC


THE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECHIA)


History
FILIP KOSTELKA
Economy
LENKA FILIPOVÁ and Dr MARIOLA PYTLIKOVÁ


ESTONIA

History
ANDRES KASEKAMP
Economy
URMAS VARBLANE


GREECE

History
DAVID LEA
Economy
DAVID LEA

HUNGARY

History
TOBIAS SPÖRI
Economy
GÁBOR SCHEIRING and Dr MÁTÉ VERES


KOSOVO

History
OTHON ANASTASAKIS
Economy
LUCA J. UBERTI


LATVIA

History
INDRA EKMANIS
Economy
DAUNIS AUERS


LITHUANIA

History
K STUTIS GIRNIUS
Economy
K STUTIS GIRNIUS (revised by CVETE KONESKA)

MONTENEGRO

History
FLORIAN BIEBER (revised by CLAUDIA LASTRO)
Economy
MILENA KONATAR AND JOVAN URASKOVIC


NORTH MACEDONIA

History
DIMITAR BECHEV
Economy
WILL BARTLETT

POLAND

History
ANITA J. PRAZMOWSKA
Economy
ANNA VISVIZI


ROMANIA

History
TOM GALLAGHER
Economy
CVETE KONESKA

SERBIA

History
MARKO ATTILA HOARE
Economy
CVETE KONESKA


Autonomous Province:

Vojvodina

Bibliography

SLOVAKIA

History
ANDREW RYDER
Economy
ANDREW RYDER


SLOVENIA
History
CATHIE CARMICHAEL
Economy
ALEN TOPLISEK


PART THREE Who's Who of Central and South-Eastern Europe


PART FOUR Regional Information

REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)

Index of Regional Organizations

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field:
Othon Anastasakis. Director, European Studies Centre and Director, South East European Studies at University of Oxford, and Senior Research Fellow, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Daunis Auers. Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Latvia, Rīga, Latvia.
Will Bartlett. Deputy Director, LSE Research on Southeast Europe, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Dimitar Bechev. Lecturer, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, and visiting scholar, Carnegie Europe, Brussels, Belgium.
Klodiana Beshku. Lecturer in Geopolitics and International Relations, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania.
Florian Bieber. Professor of Southeast European History and Politics, Director of the Centre for Southeast European Studies, and Co-ordinator, Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG), University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Daniela Bobeva. Professor at the University of Finance, Business and Entrepreneurship, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Cathie Carmichael. Professor of European History, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Jovan Ðurašković. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro.
Indra Ekmanis. Non-resident Baltic Sea Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Lenka Filipová. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Tom Gallagher. Emeritus Professor, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom.
Kęstutis Girnius. Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Karen Henderson. University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava, Slovakia.
Marko Attila Hoare. Department of Political Science and International Relations, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Andres Kasekamp. Professor of History and Chair. of Estonian Studies at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Milena Konatar. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro.
Cvete Koneska. Head of Advisory at Dragonfly Intelligence, London, United Kingdom.
Filip Kostelka. Chair in Political and Social Change, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy, and Professor and Senior Lecturer, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom.
Claudia Laštro. Teaching Assistant, Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
David Lea. Political and economic analyst specializing in European affairs.
Anita Prazmowska. Professor of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Tena Prelec. Centre for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
Mariola Pytliková. Assistant Professor, Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CERGE-EI), Prague, Czech Republic.
Andrew Ryder. Political and economic analyst, researcher and consultant on regional economic development, regional geography and sustainability; and retired lecturer, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Gábor Scheiring. Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Social and Political Sciences and the Dondena Centre, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
Tobias Spöri. Researcher, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Sandis Šrāders. Lecturer, Baltic Defence College, Tartu, Estonia, and Researcher, Centre for Security and Strategic Research, Latvian National Defence Academy, Rīga, Latvia.
Marcus Tanner. Journalist and author.
Alen Toplišek. Senior Lecturer in Global Affairs and Politics, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom.
Luca J. Uberti. Assistant Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Anastas Vangeli. Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Urmas Varblane. Professor of International Business, School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
Máté Veres. Political and economic analyst based in Budapest, Hungary.
Anna Visvizi. Associate Professor, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland, and Fellow, Hellenic Institute of Growth and Prosperity, American College of Greece, Athens, Greece.
Emilia Zankina. Dean, Temple University Rome, Rome, Italy.

Zusammenfassung

A comprehensive survey of the latest economic and political developments in Central and South-Eastern Europe, including expert analysis of regional issues and of the recent history and economy of each country, up-to-date statistics, directories, chronologies, geographical information and details of regional and international organizations operating in the region.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Europa Publications, Europa Publications
• Mitarbeit: Europa Publications (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.08.2023
• EAN: 9781032483368
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3248336-8
• Seiten: 828
• Serien: Print on Demand; Central and South-Eastern Europe
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch; Eastern Europe, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, REFERENCE / Yearbooks & Annuals, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, REFERENCE / Directories, REFERENCE / Almanacs, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Politics & government, International Economics, Regional Studies, Central Europe, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs, REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps, Geographical reference works, Geographical Reference, c 2020 to c 2029, Directories