This work covers the uncertain geopolitical situation of some countries of Central and Eastern Europe, including some of those which are hoping to enter the European Union in the near future, some for which entry is far off, and some which may never seek or be eligible for membership. Attention is given to the problems arising out of economic restructuring and problems of defence. Yet, all the issues are
ultimately founded in those geographic essentials that have
dogged so much of Europe's modern history: the tension arising from marked differences in the standard of living between the north-west of the continent and the south and east; the way in which past migration has created significant ethnic
minorities in many countries; and by the manner in which larger countries have bullied or courted their smaller neighbours.
Edited by:
A H Dawson,
Rick Fawn (University of St Andrews,
UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: annotated edition
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 249g
ISBN: 9780714682242
ISBN 10: 0714682241
Series: Routledge Studies in Geopolitics
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 01 October 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
An introduction: the geography and geopolitics of the new Eastern Europe, Andrew Dawson and Rick Fawn; will Europe ever be round and whole? reflections on EU enlargement after the collapse of Communism, George Blazyca; the post-socialist states in the world-economy - transformation trajectories, Michael Bradshaw; the elusive defined? Determining the contemporary contours of central Europe, Rick Fawn; Russia, NATO and the EU in an era of enlargement - vulnerability or opportunity? Martin Smith and Graham Timmins; a Polish bridge? Andrew Dawson; Albania in Europe - condemned to the periphery or beyond? Derek Hall; Romania - contemporary geopolitical perspectives, David Turnock; Russian geopolitics at the fin-de siecle, Vladimir Kolossov and Rostislav Turovsky.
Edited by Dawson, Dr A H; Fawn, Rick