POLIS Contents № 2 - 1999

PRESENTING THIS ISSUE

Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issue

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ARTICLES

Titov K.A. Pragmatism in Politics and the Prospects for the Development of Political Science

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PROBLEMS AND JUDGMENTS

Salmin A.M. Russia, Europe, and the New World Order

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Kaspe S.I. Democratic Chances and Ethnopolitical Risks in Nowaday Russia

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Nikitchenko A.N. Transnationalization of Democracy (II) (The "Third Wave" of Democratization in the Light of the World-Economy Theories)

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POLITICAL DISCOURSE: 'THE POWERS THAT BE' AS THEY ARE

Busygina I.M. One Who Claims Immortality (Politician in the Mirror of the Great Novel)

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Solovyov A.I. The Russian Elite's Culture of Power: Temptation by Constitutionalism?

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Yur'evich A.V. Scientists in Politics

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RUSSIA TODAY

Vishn'evsky B.L. Elections in St. Petersburg - Provokers' Tournament

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DIXI!

Ilyin M.V. The War in Yugoslavia: from Sacrificing Serbia to the Suicide of the West?

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Pastukhov V.B. The Balkan Syndrome: Case History

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VERSION

Pshizova S.N. The "Two Bodies" of the President (Models of Authority Representation on the Threshold of the Third Millennium)

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Lukin A.V. The Transition Period in Russia: Democratization and Liberal Reforms

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DOSSIER

Offerdal A. On Nordic Local Government - Development and Prospects

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BIBLIO-REVIEW

Review. Political Science Manuals: New Times - Old Deseases

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Kholodkovsky K.G. Irony of History and Political Will

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Information. The "Ves' Mir" ("The Whole World") Publishing House

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