Description
Book SynopsisA 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
Table of Contents
PART ONE General Survey
The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic in the Western Balkans
Prof. BILJANA VANKOVSKA
Russian Influence in South-Eastern Europe
Dr DIMITAR BECHEV
The Visegrad Four and Divisions over the War in Ukraine
Dr KAREN HENDERSON
Modern Greece in South-Eastern Europe
Dr OTHON ANASTASAKIS
The Impact of the People’s Republic of China in South-Eastern Europe
Dr ANASTAS VANGELI
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
Dr CVETE KONESKA
Economy
Dr LUCA J. UBERTI
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
History
Dr MARKO ATTILA HOARE
Economy
Dr WILL BARTLETT
BULGARIA
History
Dr EMILIA ZANKINA
Economy
Prof. DANIELA BOBEVA
CROATIA
History
MARCUS TANNER
Economy
Dr TENA PRELEC
THE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECHIA)
History
Dr FILIP KOSTELKA
Economy
Dr LENKA FILIPOVÁ and Dr MARIOLA PYTLIKOVÁ
ESTONIA
History
Prof. ANDRES KASEKAMP
Economy
Prof. URMAS VARBLANE
GREECE
History
DAVID LEA
Economy
Dr PANAGIOTIS BARKAS and Dr THEODORE KOUNADEAS
History
Dr TOBIAS SPÖRI
Economy
Dr GÁBOR SCHEIRING and Dr MÁTÉ VERES
KOSOVO
History
Dr OTHON ANASTASAKIS
Economy
Dr LUCA J. UBERTI
LATVIA
History
Dr INDRA EKMANIS
Economy
Dr DAUNIS AUERS
LITHUANIA
History
Dr KĘSTUTIS GIRNIUS
Economy
Dr KĘSTUTIS GIRNIUS
MONTENEGRO
History
Prof. FLORIAN BIEBER
Economy
Dr MILENA KONATAR and Dr JOVAN ÐURAŠKOVIĆ
NORTH MACEDONIA
History
Dr DIMITAR BECHEV
Economy
Dr WILL BARTLETT
POLAND
History
Prof. ANITA J. PRAZMOWSKA
Economy
ROMANIA
Prof. ANNA VISVIZI
History
Prof. TOM GALLAGHER
Economy
Prof. DANIEL DAIANU and Dr ELLA KALLAI
(revised for this edition by the Editorial Staff)
SERBIA
History
Dr MARKO ATTILA HOARE
Economy
Dr CVETE KONESKA
Autonomous Province:
Vojvodina
Bibliography
SLOVAKIA
History
Dr ANDREW RYDER
Economy
Dr ANDREW RYDER
SLOVENIA
History
Prof. CATHIE CARMICHAEL
Economy
Dr ALEN TOPLIŠEK
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
