and Balkan Europe
by IECOB & AIS Università di Bologna
This area collects information about a wide range of books, monographies and edited volumes concerning the countries and themes relevant to PECOB
Books
PECOB offers a significant number of books, mainly published by universities and scientific institutions.
The books here presented focus primarily on the economic, political and social transition in Central-Eastern European countries and the Balkans since the 90s, and on those areas' influence on the widening Europe. Issues concerning gender relations, migrations, regional economic cooperation, religions, nationalism and national identities are broadly discussed.
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Adam’s Address to Lazarus in Hell
(published in: Feb, 2012)
This is the Italian edition of Adam's Address to Lazarus in Hell, containing the transcription of the original Russian text. -
The fortune of the "Flower of virtues" between Slavia and Romania
(published in: Dec, 2011)
In this work, the author focuses on a bilingual Romanian and Slavonic manuscript comparing the Slavic with the Romanian version. -
Georgia, twenty years after USSR
(published in: Dec, 2011)
Georgia, vent’anni dopo l’URSS, describes the Georgian political and social evolution in the two decades following the collapse of the Soviet Union. During this period the country was the theatre of secessionist wars, coups, a so-called "Color Revolution" which has significantly changed the country… -
La “Zadònščina” e il Ciclo di Kulikovo
(published in: Nov, 2011)
Including an inedited Italian translation of the Zadonščina, this book compares two Russian literary epics: the XII century Slovo o pŭlku Igorevě and the XIV century Zadonščina. -
Welfare States in Transition
(published in: Nov, 2011)
The volume provides an extensive overview of the welfare systems' developments in the former Yugoslavia. -
Galicia in the time of the Hapsburgs (1771-1918): History, society and cultures in contact
(published in: Feb, 2011)
This book brings together essays on the political, social, cultural and literary history of Galicia. The text is assembled from colloquia in Jan. 2009 in Tours and Paris, France. -
After the Rain. The States of ex-Yugoslavia and Albania (1991-2011)
(published in: Jan, 2011)
This book focuses on the current scenarios and future prospects of the Balkans. -
A Europe of Disenchantment. From Prague 1968 to the Crisis of Neoliberalism
(published in: Jan, 2011)
This volume analyzes the profound motivations and origins of the process of progressive deconstruction of ideas and society that led to the end of the Soviet bloc and Yugoslavia. -
A Welfare State without Welfare. Teachers, Employees, Workers and Peasants in the Social Security System of the Soviet Union, 1917-1939
(published in: Dec, 2010)
Based on extensive research in the archives of the former Soviet Union, the book reconstructs the legislative, institutional and social history of the Soviet welfare state in the interwar period. -
Europeanisation of Justice and Home Affairs in Hungary: between formal and substantial transformation
(published in: Nov, 2010)
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Survivors’ Homelands. Jewish Literature in Postwar Italy and Poland
(published in: Nov, 2010)
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The Song of Igor
(published in: Nov, 2010)
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The cambridge history of Russia Vol. 1
(published in: Nov, 2010)
This is a definitive new history of Russia from early Rus’ to the successor states that emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Volume I encompasses developments before the reign of Peter I; volume II covers the ‘imperial era’, from Peter’s time to the fall of the monarchy in March 1917; and volume III continues the story through to the end of the twentieth century. At the core of all three volumes are the Russians, the lands which they have inhabited and the polities that ruled them while other peoples and territories have also been given generous coverage for the periods when they came under Riurikid,Romanov and Soviet rule.The distinct voices of individual contributors provide a multitude of perspectives on Russia’s diverse and controversial millennial history. -
Relationships among Country Risk, Investor Expectations and Financial Variables in Central Europe
(published in: Nov, 2010)
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Central Greece and the Politics of Power in the fourth Century BC
(published in: Nov, 2010)
The book focuses on a region that we believe decisively shaped Greek affairs of the Classical period. Conceiving of central Greece and its core Boeotia as an area with its own regional dynamics, this collection of essays attempts to examine Greek history in a test tube: while paying particular attention to regional patterns of interstate relations, we also hope to disclose the interaction between regional politics and Panhellenic affairs. This approach should add to the rising interest in a period in Greek history that still widely lacks understanding.
