POLIS Contents ¹ 1 - 2000



PRESENTING THIS ISSUE
Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issuep.4

EDITORIAL NOTE: THE POLIS’ MESSAGE OF GREETINGS TO THE 2ND ALL-RUSSIA CONGRESS OF POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
The Polis’ Message The Polis’ Message of Greetings to the 2nd All-Russia Congress of Political Scientists p.5

POLITICAL DISCOURSE: NATIONAL AND STATE INTEREST IN MODERN WORLD POLITICS
Molchanov M.A. Controversial Aspects of the «National Interest» Problemp.7
Kulagin V.M. The World in the 21st Century: a Multipolar Balance of Forces or Global Pax Democratica? (The «Democratic Peace» Hypothesis in the Context of World Development Alternatives)p.23
Utkin A.I. Vectors of the Global Changes: Analysis and Appraisals of the Main Factors of the World Political Developmentp.38
A Round Table, Nikolayev A.I., Mitrokhin S.S., Glaz’yev S.Yu., Yakovenko I.G., Plyays Ya.A., Gradirovsky S.N., Baranov S.D., Klimov I.A., Musikhin G.I., Zamyatin D.N., Klimenko Z.V., Lapkin V.V., Okara A.N., Mezhuyev B.V. National vs State Interest: Theoretical Concepts and Political Reality. A Round Table and Fragments of the Discussion.p.55
Pastukhov V.B. National and State Interests of Russia: Play on Words or Play with Words?p.92

PROBLEMS AND JUDGMENTS
Led’ayev V.G. Power: A Conceptual Analysisp.97
Sergeyev V.M. Innovations, Democracy and the Logic of Competitionp.108

CHAIR
Yan E. Interpretation of Nation from the State Interpretation and from Ethnic Positions: Contradictions and Similaritiesp.114

DIMENSIONS OF POLITICAL CULTURE
Shcherbinin A.I. «I’d Master Russian Just Minding the Fact...» (The Studies of the Language as a Means of Constructing the Image of a Totalitarian World in Soviet Schoolchildren’s Consciousness)p.124

UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY
The Polis’ Message The Condition and Prospects of Political Science Development in Russia (The Polis’ Questionnaire for Russian Political Scientists: First Answers)p.142

DOSSIER
Vasilyev V.I. Some Aspects of the Current Discussion on German Federalismp.161
Novikova G.V. The «Strong Strategy» of the Weak (The Terror at the End of the 20th Century)p.169

BIBLIO-REVIEW
Konstantinovsky D.L. Today’s Popular Drama by Sociologistsp.173

EDITORIAL NOTE
The Polis’ Message The Polis’ Messagep.181