POLIS Contents № 3 - 2003

PRESENTING THIS ISSUE

Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issue

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PROBLEMS AND JUDGMENTS

Sergeyev V.M., Sergeyev K.V. Mechanisms of Evolution of Societal Political Structure: Social Hierarchies and Social Nets

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Discussion. Rethinking Modernity (Materials of an International Scientific Conference) (II)

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ORBIS TERRARUM

Kolosov V.A., Borodulina N.A., Vendina O.I., Galkina T.A., Zayatz D.V., Yur Ye.S. Geopolitical Vision of the World in Mass-Media

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Kiselyov I.Yu. The Images of States in International Relations: Mechanisms of Transformation

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Safonov M.V. Modern Approaches to the Study of International Institutions (With Studies of the “Big Eight” as Instance)

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THESAURUS

Sartori G. Concept Misformation in Comparative Politics

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VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: COMPARATIVE POLITICS

Samonova Ye.A. Executive Power in Post-Soviet States (With Russia, Estonia, and Kyrgyzstan as Instances)

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Kurochkin A.V., Kurochkina Ye.O. Experience of Municipal Reformation in the States of Baltic Europe

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Mironyuk M.G. Human Dimension of Federalism (Federalist Theories and Tendencies of the Federative Relations’ Development in Russia)

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INTERVIEW

Dyakova Ye.G. Mass Political Communication in the Agenda-Setting Theory: from Effect to Process

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Pushkaryova G.V. The Study of Electoral Behaviour: an Outline of the Cognitive Model

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DIXI!

Neklessa A.I. Lord of the Air

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Lapayeva V.V. Why the Intellectual Class of Russia Needs a Party of Its Own

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CHAIR

Degtyarev A.A. Methodological Approaches and Conceptual Models Involved in the Interpretation of Political Decisions (III)

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Sogrin V.V. The Two-Party System in the USA: Continuity and Renovation

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BIBLIO-REVIEW

Malinova O.Yu. Researching the Phenomenon of Conservatism

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Krasheninnikova Yu.A. Edmund Burke: An Essay of Political Philosophy of Commonsense

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LIFE IN SCIENCE

Dinello N. Globalization and Justice (An International Conference in Cairo)

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