POLIS Contents № 4 - 2001

PRESENTING THIS ISSUE

Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issue

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PROBLEMS AND JUDGMENTS

Kapustin B.G. The End of “Transitology”? (Reflecting on the First Post-Communist Decade as Subject of Theoretical Interpretation)

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Shapiro I. Rethinking Democratic Theory in the Face of Contemporary Politics

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INTERPRETATIONS

Pivovarov Yu.S., Fursov A.I. ”Russian System” as an Essay of Grasping Russian History

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Khovanskaya A.V. Human Dignity: To a Liberal Strategy of Law for Russia

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Novikova L.I. P.A.Stolypin as Statesman

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SOCIUM AND POWER: POST-SOVIET EXPANSE

Golosov G.V. Dimensions of Russian Regional Electoral Rules

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Tolpygo A.K. Ukrainian Elections: Candidate and Voter

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Lagutin A.V. Ethnic Aspects of the Institutionalization of Political Process in Ukraine

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Kirilkina I.L. Byelorussia’s Party System: Condition and the Main Tendencies of Development

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Sulaberidze Yu.S. Georgia’s Political Theatre: Scenarios, Stage Managers, Actors

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FEDERALISM: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL MODEL OF RESEARCH

Zakharov A.A. ”Executive Federalism” in Contemporary Russia

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Galkin A.A., Fedosov P.A., Valentey S.D., Solovey V.D. Federalism and the Public Sphere in Russia

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CHAIR

Ilyin M.V. Comparative Political Science: Scientific Comparison in Political Knowledge System

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REFLECTING ON MATTERS IN PRINT

Belenkevich V. Dwelling on Scandinavia - for the Love of Russia (What the Secret of a Not Boring Text in Political Science Lies With)

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Okara A.N. The “Ukrainian Question” and the Search for an Answer to It

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NEWLY PUBLISHED BOOKS

Information. Newly Published Books on Political Science

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