Black Sea Politics ─ Political Culture And Civil Society in an Unstable Region

Black Sea Politics presents a variety of experiences of civil society, looking at representation, participation and power relations in countries such as Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, and the Caucasus area. A rare combination of the ""insider"" perspectives of regional experts and the ""outsider"" views of international experts, this book presents vital new insights on an under-studied region with growing importance in international relations as witnessed by the confrontations between Russia and the West in the Ukranian election crisis.

Ayse Ayata is Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Center For Black Sea and Central Asia at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara.Ayca Ergun is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Middle East Technical University.Isil Celimli is at the Department of Sociology, Columbia University, New York.