Clear and comprehensive, the 6th edition of Central and East European Politics: Changes and Challenges offers an authoritative and up-to-date analysis of the transformations and realities in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and Ukraine. Featuring a set of comparative country case studies as well as thematic chapters on key issues, this new edition includes updates surrounding the effects of Russia''s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on politics across the region, the rise of new centers of power for the region, and the continued challenges of sustainable democratic governance following the rise of influence in populism and illiberal political movements.

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Paula M. Pickering is the Richard S. Perles Professor of Government at William & Mary. Her research focuses on peacebuilding, local governance, and civic engagement in Southeastern Europe. Pickering is co-editor of Activism in Hard Times in Central and Eastern Europe and the author of Peacebuilding in the Balkans. Her research has received support from the Polish National Science Center, Evidence in Politics and Governance, the US Institute of Peace, the Social Science Research Council, and Fulbright-Hays. Pickering worked for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1996) and as an analyst on Eastern Europe at the US Department of State (1990-1994). She received a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Michigan. Jennie L. Schulze is Associate Professor of political science and Director of the Center for Migration, Displacement, and Community Studies at Duquesne University, where she teaches courses on comparative politics and international relations. Her research focuses on the influence of European institutions and kin-states on minority policies and minority integration in Central and Eastern Europe. She is the author of Strategic Frames: Europe, Russia, and Minority Inclusion in Estonia and Latvia (University of Pittsburgh, 2018). The book was awarded an Honorable Mention for the Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies. She has regularly served as an expert on Estonia and Latvia for the US Department of State and the US Department of Defense, and currently serves as Book Review Editor for Nationalities Papers. She is currently working on a new comparative book project, Cities of Bridges: Receiving Refugees in Times of Crisis. Zsuzsa Csergo is ***Sir Edward Peacock Professor in Nationalism and Democracy Studies at Queen's University, Canada. She has published widely on nationalism, kin-state politics, minority politics, and the impact of European integration in Central and Eastern Europe. Her publications include: Talk of the Nation: Language and Conflict in Romania and Slovakia (Cornell University Press, 2007); Europeanization and Minority Political Agency in Post-Communist Europe (Routledge, 2018), co-edited with Ada Regelmann; Central and East European Politics* (5th edition, Rowman & Littlefield, 2021), co-edited with Daina Eglitis and Paula Pickering. She has been a Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow at the European University Institute, and a visiting scholar at the University of Graz, Central European University, and the European Center for Minority Issues. She is working on a book about democratic minority

Inhalt
Part I: Introduction
1 Central and East Europe: Turbulent Histories, Dramatic Transformations, and Twenty-First Century Challenges
Zsuzsa Csergo, Paula M. Pickering, and Jennie L. Schulze
Part II: Policies and Issues
2 Liberal, Fascist, and Communist Legacies
Jeffrey Kopstein
3 Economic Reforms and Trends
Sharon Fisher and John Gould
4 Nationalism and Its Challenges to Democratic Governance
Zsuzsa Csergo and Jason Wittenberg
5 Civil Society and Political Parties: Growth and Change in the Organizations Linking People and Power
Kevin Deegan-Krause
6 Demography and Migration
Michelle Kelso and Daina Eglitis
7 Transitional Justice and Memory
Vello Pettai and Eva-Clarita Onken Pettai
8 Gender Regimes
Éva Fodor
9 The EU and Its Newer Members: Still The 'Lands Between'?
Ronald H. Linden
10 Russia Resurgent: Soft and Hard Power Challenges to Security
Jennie L. Schulze
Part III: Case Studies
11 Poland
Jane L. Curry
12 The Czech and Slovak Republics
Sharon L. Wolchik
13 Hungary
Ognen Vangelov and Federigo Argentieri
14 The Baltics
Daunis Auers
15 Bulgaria
Petia Kostadinova and Maria Popova
16 Romania
Monica Ciobanu and Mihaela Serban
17 Albania
Arolda Elbasani and Seimir Elbasani
18 Former Yugoslavia and Its Successors
Paula M. Pickering and Jelena Suboti*c
19 Ukraine
Paul D'Anieri
*Part IV: Conclusion*
20 Changes and Challenges: Three Questions
Zsuzsa Csergo, Paula M. Pickering, and Jennie L. Schulze*