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Working Papers (Archive 1991-2011)


The Working Papers of the Research Centre for East European Studies (original German title: "Arbeitspapiere und Materialien der Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, ISSN 1616-7384) were published from 1991 until 2011. All working papers can be downloaded free of charge from our website. Below you find a list of all English-language working papers. The full list of all working papers is available at the German version of this website.

The Working Papers of the Research Centre presented first results of research projects and document related empirical data (esp. from interviews). In addition studies based on materials from the archives of the Research Centre and also selected students’ theses supervised at the Research Centre have been published as working papers.

 


 
Turkey as a Transit Country and Energy Hub: The Link to Its Foreign Policy Aims
No.118: Ksenia Krauer-Pacheco
Turkey as a Transit Country and Energy Hub: The Link to Its Foreign Policy Aims
December 2011
Challenges of a Resource Boom: Review of the Literature
No. 114: Andreas Heinrich:
Challenges of a Resource Boom: Review of the Literature.
Bremen, April 2011, 60 S.  
The Formal Political System in Azerbajian and Kazakhstan
Nr. 107: Andreas Heinrich:
The Formal Political System in Azerbajian and Kazakhstan. A Background Study.
Bremen, März 2010, 68 S.  
An Assesment of Policy Measures to Support Russia's Real Economy
No. 102: Yuri V. Simachev, Andrei A. Yakovlev, Boris V. Kuznetsov,
Michael Y. Gorst, Aleksandr V. Daniltsev, Michael N. Kuzyk, Sergey N. Smirnov:
An Assesment of Policy Measures to Support Russia's Real Economy
Bremen, Juni 2009, 37 S.  
Russia's Energy Sector between Politics and Business
No. 92: Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder (eds.):
Russia's Energy Sector between Politics and Business
Bremen, Februar 2008 , 94 p.  
Already Arrived in Brussels?
No. 91: Heiko Pleines (ed.):
Already Arrived in Brussels? Interest Representation of Trade Unions from the New EU Member States at the EU Level.
Documentation of Interview Results
Bremen, January 2008, 40 p. 
Russia`s Foreign Policy: Key Regions and Issues
No. 87: Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder (eds.):
Russia`s Foreign Policy: Key Regions and Issues
Bremen, November 2007, 103 p. 
Participation of Civil Society in New Modes of Governance. Part 3
No. 76: Heiko Pleines (ed.):
Participation of Civil Society in New Modes of Governance.
The Case of the New EU Member States. Part 3: Involvement at the EU Level
Bremen, September 2006, 102 p.
Participation of Civil Society in New Modes of Governance. Part 2
No. 74: Heiko Pleines (ed.):
Participation of Civil Society in New Modes of Governance.
The Case of the New EU Member States. Part 2: Questions of Accountability
Bremen, February 2006, 116 p. 
How to Explain Russia's Post-Soviet Economic and Political System
No. 69: Heiko Pleines (ed.)
How to Explain Russia's Post-Soviet Economic and Political System
Bremen, September 2005, 73 p.
Participation of Civil Society in New Modes of Governance. Part 1
No. 67: Heiko Pleines (ed.):
Participation of Civil Society in New Modes of Governance.
The Case of the New EU Member States. Part 1: The State of Civil Society
Bremen, May 2005, 65 p. 
Political Corruption in Poland
No. 65: Political Corruption in Poland.
Sources of Corruption in Post-Communist Poland. By Aleksander Surdej
Clientilism in the Silesian Coal Mining Industry. By Kaja Gadowska
Bremen, March 2005, 52 p. 
Entrepreneurial Strategies and Trust. Part 4: Estonia and Russia
No. 57: Hans-Hermann Höhmann and Friederike Welter (eds.):
Entrepreneurial Strategies and Trust
Structure and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Behavioural Patterns in "Low Trust"
and "High Trust" Environments of East and West Europe
Part 4: Estonia and Russia
Bremen, January 2004, 128 p. 
Entrepreneurial Strategies and Trust. Part 3: Italy and Great Britain
No. 56: Hans-Hermann Höhmann and Friederike Welter (eds.):
Entrepreneurial Strategies and Trust
Structure and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Behavioural Patterns in "Low Trust"
and "High Trust" Environments of East and West Europe
Part 3: Italy and Great Britain
Bremen, January 2004, 111 p. 
Entrepreneurial Strategies and Trust. Part 2: East and West Germany
No. 55: Hans-Hermann Höhmann and Friederike Welter (eds.):
Entrepreneurial Strategies and Trust
Structure and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Behavioural Patterns in "Low Trust"
and "High Trust" Environments of East and West Europe
Part 2: East and West Germany
Bremen, January 2004, 95 p. 
Entrepreneurial Strategies and Trust. Part 1: A Review
No. 54: Hans-Hermann Höhmann and Friederike Welter (eds.):
Entrepreneurial Strategies and Trust
Structure and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Behavioural Patterns in "Low Trust"
and "High Trust" Environments of East and West Europe
Part 1: A Review
Bremen, January 2004, 51 p. 
Interaction of Interest Groups and Their Impact on Economic Reform in Contemporary Russia
No. 51: Andrei Yakovlev:
Interaction of Interest Groups and Their Impact on Economic Reform in Contemporary Russia
Bremen, November 2003, 45 p. 
Democracy in the Czech Republic
No. 44: Zdenka Mansfeldová:
Democracy in the Czech Republic. An Assessment of Attitudes towards Democracy and Democratic Values of the Czech population
1990-2001, Bremen März 2003, 30 p. 
Implementing an Information Society in Central and Eastern Europe
No. 38: Martin Schneider:
Implementing an Information Society in Central and Eastern Europe - The case of Hungary,
Bremen Juli 2002, 48 p. 
Entrepreneurial Strategies and Trust Structure
No. 37: Hans-Hermann Höhmann and Friederike Welter (eds.):
Entrepreneurial Strategies and Trust Structure and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Behavioural Patterns in East and West European Environments,
Bremen Mai 2002, 54 p.
The unified social tax and its impact on social policy in Putin's Russia
No. 34: Susanne Nies, Gesa Walcher:
The unified social tax and its impact on social policy in Putin's Russia,
Bremen Februar 2002, 27 S.
Tax burden and tax behaviour of branches of the Russian economy
No. 30: Richard Hainsworth, William Tompson:
Tax burden and tax behaviour of branches of the Russian economy. Part IV The taxation of Russian banks,
Bremen 2001, 27 p. 
Tax burden and tax behaviour of branches of the Russian economy. Part I
No. 27: Stephen Fortescue:
Tax burden and tax behaviour of branches of the Russian economy. Part I Taxation in the Russian mining and metals sector,
Bremen 2001, 22 p. 
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