Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

ContentsSpecial Section: Russia`s Annexation of Crimea III Gergana Dimova and Andreas Umland: Introduction. Perspectives on Russia s 2014 Annexation of Crimea: Empirical and Theoretical ExplorationsGreta Lynn Uehling: The Personal Stakes of Political Crisis: The 2014 Attempted Annexation of CrimeaKerstin S. Jobst: Dark and Golden Times: The Crimean Tatar Population under Tsarist and Soviet Rule (1783 1941)Jan Zofka: Agents of Separatism: Social Background to the Pro-Russian Movements in Crimea and the Moldovan Dniester Valley in Comparison (1989 95)A Debate on Prospect Theory and Explaining Russia s Annexation of CrimeaIon Marandici: Loss Aversion, Neo-Imperial Frames, and Territorial Expansion: Using Prospect Theory to Examine the Annexation of CrimeaDiscussionFeaturing contributions by Peter Rutland, Tor Bukkvoll, Mykola Kapitonenko, Rumena Filipova, Martin Malek, Ion Marandici ArticlesChris Monday: Mikhail Putin (1894 1969) and Socialist Competition: Exploring a Neglected Branch of the Putin Family Tree Reviews:Inna Chuvychkina on Elizabeth Buchanan; Brendan M. McElmeel on Juliane Furst; Olga Khabibulina on Hubertus Jahn; Elise Westin on Natalia Knoblock; Manne Wangborg on Andrei Kozyrev; Giulia Prelz Oltramonti on Anna Matveeva; Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon on David Rainbow; John (Ivan) Jaworsky on Josephine von Zitzewitz; Yana Ostapenko on Jessica Zychowicz; Dima Kortukov on Vladislav M. Zubok