POLIS Contents № 1 - 2002

PRESENTING THIS ISSUE

Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issue

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PROBLEMS AND JUDGMENTS

Merkel B., Croissant A. Formal and Informal Institutions in Defective Democracies (1)

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Pshizova S.N. Financing Political Market: Theoretical Aspects of Practical Problems (1)

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VERSION

Peskov D.N. Internet in Russian Politics: Utopia and Reality

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Ovchinnikov B.V. Virtual Expectations: Condition and Prospects of Political Runet

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INTERPRETATIONS

Kudryashova I.V. Fundamentalism within the Dimensions of the Modern World

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Mirsky G.I. “Political Islam” and Western Society

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RUSSIA TODAY

Brudny I.M. Russia: Identity Politics and Post-Communist Option

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Kostyuk K.N. Russian Orthodox Church and Society: Moral Cooperation or Ethical Conflict?

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Shcherbak A.N. Coalition Politics of Russia’s Parties

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Tarusina I.G. Dynamics of Political Predispositions of Russia’s Regional Elites (With Saratov Region as Example)

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THESAURUS

Wittrock B. Modernity: One, None, or Many? European Origins and Modernity as a Global Condition

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DOSSIER

Jokisalo J. Conceptual Foundations of the German “Ecoright” Radicalism

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Derkach M.A. The “North Dimension” Program and the Interests of Russia

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REFLECTING ON MATTERS IN PRINT

Pantin I.K. Democratic Project in the Modern World

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