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News > New Book: "The Politics of Memory" Laws Russia, Ukraine and Beyond edited by Uladzislau Belavusau, Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias, Maria Mälksoo and Angelika Nußberger

New Book: "The Politics of Memory" Laws Russia, Ukraine and Beyond edited by Uladzislau Belavusau, Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias, Maria Mälksoo and Angelika Nußberger


The Politics of Memory Laws  

Russia, Ukraine and Beyond

Edited by Uladzislau Belavusau, Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias, Maria Mälksoo and Angelika Nußberger

This open access book explores the political utility and consequences of memory laws with a focus on how militant memory laws frame, underpin and generate international conflicts.

Proceeding from Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine, this examination plots how memory laws have preceded, partially led to, and encouraged the outbreak of the war itself via Russian propaganda. This book provides both analysis and conceptual reflection for scholars assessing the politics of memory laws.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.   Open Access was funded by the University of Copenhagen.

Uladzislau Belavusau is Senior Researcher in European Law at the T.M.C. Asser Institute, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias is Professor at the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.

Maria Mälksoo is Professor of International Relations at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Angelika Nußerger is Professor at Cologne University, Germany.

Sep 2025   |   9781509975303   |   360pp   |   Hbk   |    RRP: £90

Discount Price: £72

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