The new edition of this market-leading text brings together specially commissioned chapters by a team of top international scholars on the changing politics of this diverse region negotiating the competing pulls of the European Union and post-communist Russia.
Stephen White is James Bryce Professor of Politics at the University of Glasgow, UKand Visiting Professor at the Institute of Applied Politics inMoscow, Russia.
Paul G.Lewis is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the Open University.
Judy Batt holds a Jean Monnet Ad Personam Chair in the European Integration of South East Europe. She is an independent consultant on Balkan affairs.