[Bilimsel Haber] "The Second Decade of Post-Communism"

[Gonul Pultar]

    *"The Second Decade of Post-Communism"*

	

	

	

Dear colleagues,

The regional studies journal invites the submission of original 
manuscripts on topics relevant to the Aims & Scope, as illustrated 
below. The very first issue of will be devoted to the theme ?The Second 
Decade of Post-communism? (see the enclosed description). We encourage 
interested researchers to submit papers reporting and analyzing 
political, historical, social, and cultural transitions in the 
post-Soviet period, with a focus on the recent ten years. If you prefer 
to write about something other than this specific topic, you are also 
welcome to submit a paper to be published in one of the subsequent issues.

Aims & Scope

will be a peer-reviewed international journal that explores the history 
and current political, economic, and social affairs of the entire former 
Soviet bloc. In particular, the journal will focus on various facets of 
transformation at the local and national levels in the aforementioned 
regions, as well as the changing character of their relationships with 
the rest of world in the context of glocalization.
The following topics will be most prominently featured:

-Regional identities in globalized societies
-Communication and transmission of information
-Migration and boundaries
-Transition: politics, economy, society, and culture
-Theories and methodologies of regional studies in the context of 
glocalization
-Imagined territories: cyber space, urban vs. rural, center vs. 
periphery, etc.
-Inter-regional cooperation
-Identities in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, memories, and nostalgia

This journal will be distinguished from others in similar fields by its 
(g)locally oriented perspective. This journal will also regularly give a 
certain portion of space to articles on concrete local issues written by 
local Eurasianist scholars.

Editorial Board

Editors-in-chief
Siegelbaum, Lewis (History, Michigan State Univ., USA)
Hong, Wan-Suk, (Politics, Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies, Korea)

Managing Editor
Jung, Hakyung (Slavic Linguistics, Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies, Korea)

Editors
Avdokushin, Evgeny (Economy, Moscow State Univ., Russia)
Clowes, Edith (Literature, Univ. of Kansas, USA)
Dobrenko, Evgeny (Literature & Film, Univ. of Sheffield, UK)
Epstein, Dan (Politics, Colgate Univ., USA)
Goldman, Marshall (Economy, Harvard, USA)
Golosov, Grigory (Politics, European Univ., Russia)
Goscilo, Helena (Literature & Film, Ohio State Univ., USA)
Guihai, Guan (Politics, Pekin Univ., China)
Hong, Wan-Suk (Politics, Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies, Korea)
Kononenko, Natalie (Folklore, Univ. of Alberta, Canada)
Krylov, Mikhail P. (Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
Lovell, Stephen (History, King?s College London, UK)
Petrov, Nikolai (Politics, Carneigi Moscow Center, Russia)
Raleigh, Donald J. (History, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
Ransel, David (History, Indiana Univ., USA)
Sakwa, Richard (Politics, Kent Univ., UK)
Siegelbaum, Lewis (History, Michigan State Univ., USA)
Strukov, Vlad (Culture & Film, Univ. of Leeds, UK)
Tangalycheva, Rimma K. (Sociology, St. Petersburg State Univ., Russia)
Watchtel, Andrew (Literature, American Univ. of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan)

Article Submission Guideline

There is no absolute length requirement for manuscripts but the 
preferred length is 8,000-10,000 words. An abstract of no more than 150 
words should be provided at the beginning of the article. If possible, 
manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word using Times New Roman 12 point 
font. Double-space abstracts, manuscripts, notes, and indented 
quotations. Number pages consecutively. Articles should be submitted to 
Dr. Hakyung Jung (the managing editor) at hakyungj at gmail.com.

Call for Papers

We are now accepting papers for the first and subsequent issues of . As 
expressed in the Aims & Scope, will cover a broad range of topics 
related to any of the former Soviet bloc countries in general. However, 
the first issue of will be devoted to the theme, The Second Decade of 
Post-communism, as introduced below. Following the publication of the 
first issue, there will be no thematic restrictions. Manuscript 
submission for the first and the second issues is due on July 15th, 2011.

The Second Decade of Post-communism (the 1st issue)

The overarching theme of Region?s first issue will be ?The Second Decade 
of Post-communism.? Since the fall of the Soviet Union on December 25th 
of 1991, ?transition? has been the most popular keyword of academic 
discussions regarding the post-communist period. The advent of 
democratic institutions and market economies has been accompanied by 
radical changes of political, economic, and social landscape in the 
former Soviet bloc countries during the first ten years, where many 
transitional phenomena were rapid, chaotic, and unpredictable. The 
direction and nature of transitions during the second decade of 
post-communism (2001-2011), however, dramatically differ from those of 
the first decade in various aspects.

In Russia, while the first decade is characterized as centrifugal and 
chaotic, the most notable features of the second decade are centripetal 
tendencies and order, mostly due to Vladimir Putin's policies aimed at 
creating a strong Russia.? In social dimensions, the second decade has 
simultaneously witnessed the growth of the middle class and an 
increasing gap between the rich and the poor. The burst of migration 
from the CIS countries reinforced the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural 
aspects of the society. The most distinctive cultural trope of the last 
ten years would be nostalgia, harking back to the Soviet period. Under 
the regime of Putin, the sentiment of nostalgia and its 
commercialization have in turn supported the revival of authoritarian 
tendencies in political and social spheres. Compared to the ?liberal? 
Yeltsin period, the past ten years have seen a restriction on the rights 
of freedom of speech and media, as well as a constriction of competition.

The former CIS and Balkan states have experienced drastic political 
changes, some described as color revolutions, such as the Orange 
Revolution in Ukraine (2004), the Rose Revolution in Georgia (2003), and 
Kyrgyzstan's Tulip evolution (2005). These non-violent revolutionary 
waves against corrupt authoritarian regimes constitute an interesting 
contrast with the retro-trends of the Russian Federation.

Alternatively, Eastern European countries have continued and expedited 
changes of their own with an affinity to the west in various facets of 
their societies. One of the most outstanding events was when former 
Soviet bloc countries such as Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, 
Slovakia, Slovenia, and the Baltic states entered the EU in 2004, 
followed by Romania and Bulgaria in 2007. The shifting dynamics between 
Eastern Europe and the Russian Federation (as well as the US) are also 
notable in terms of the WMD issue in Eastern Europe.

Overall, in order to gain a general understanding of the post-communist 
period, estimate the direction these societies are heading, and 
anticipate how their relations with the rest of the world will evolve, 
the nature of the second decade of post-communism must be explored and 
highlighted from a comparative perspective. As that second decade is 
drawing to a close by the end of this year, the journal Region will 
dedicate its first issue to the examination of transitions during this 
critical period.

	Hakyung Jung
HK Professor
Institute of Russian Studies
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Seoul/Yongin, Korea

Email. hakyungj at gmail.com
Office. +82-31-330-4698
Mobile. +82-10-5487-1622
Email: hakyungj at gmail.com <mailto:hakyungj at gmail.com>

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