POLIS Contents ¹ 4 - 1995



PRESENTING THIS ISSUE
Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issuep.4

PROBLEMS AND JUDGMENTS
Kara-Murza A.A., Panarin A.S., Pantin I.K. Spiritual-Ideological Situation in Nowaday Russia: Prospective Evolution p.6
Sorokin K.E. Nuclear Weapons in the Era of Geopolitical Multipolarity p.18
A Round Table, Krasin Yu.A., Galkin A.A., Shestopal A.V., Tolstykh V.I., Fyodorova M.M., Pantin I.K., Veber A.B., Gabitova R.M., Peregudov S.P., Portyakov V.Ya., Stepanova N.M., Barabanov O.N. Conservatism as a Trend in Social Thought and a Factor of Social Development p.33
Garbuzov V.N. Conservatism: the Concept and Typology (A Historiographic Review) p.60

VERSION
Mostovaya T.V., Skorik A.P. Archetypes and Reference Points of Russian Mentality p.69
Mikhaylov V.A. Naz"ism" in the Mirror of "Nazispeak" p.77

FROM A POLITICAL SCIENTIST'S VIEWPOINT
Shestopal Ye.B. Image of Authority in Russia: Desires and Reality (Politico-Psychological Analysis) p.86

RUSSIA TODAY
Klyamkin I.M., Lapkin V.V. Socio-Political Rhetoric in Post-Soviet Society p.98

DOSSIER
Merloe P. Electoral Operations, Human Rights and Public Confidence in a Democratic System p.123
Merloe P. Electoral Campaigns and Pre-Election Issues: The "Level Playing-Field" and Democratic Elections p.131
Vasilyev V.I. Federalism and Election System in FRG p.139

ARMY AND POLITICS
Proskurin S.A. Problems of Working Out Russia's Military Policy p.146
Anisimov V.M. Civil Control of Military Structures p.152
Smulsky S.V. Identification of a Warlike Conflict (Methodological and Theoretical Reference Points) p.158

ANTHOLOGY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
MacKinder. H.J. Geographical Pivot of History p.162

REFLECTING ON MATTERS IN PRINT
Shestopal A.V. Political Models and Historical Destiny (Nowaday Brazil's Experience) p.170

LIFE IN SCIENCE
Khavanov Ye.I. Modernity as a Permanency with Science Classics: Max Weberp.176
Makarychev A.S. Principles and Parameters of Societal Choice (Virginian-School Research) p.184
Presentation. Academy of Political Science Established p.187
Presentation. Co-Ordination of Russian Political Scientists' Professional Activities (The First Session of the Russian Academy of Sciences Council for Problems of Political Science) p.188