POLIS Contents ¹ 3 - 2004



PRESENTING THIS ISSUE
Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issuep.5

SOCIUM AND POWER
Shestopal Ye.B., Pishcheva T.N., Gikavy Ye.M., Zorin V.A. The Image of V.V.Putin in Russian Citizens’ Consciousnessp.6
Gaman-Golutvina O.V. Russia’ Regional Elites: Whom They Consist of, and What Are the Tendencies of Their Evolution (II)p.22
Zvonovsky V.B. “Electoral Transit”: Towards Two Countries Distinguishable within the Boundaries of One?p.33

VERSION
Blyakher L.Ye. Want of Nationalism, or National Self-Consciousness in Russia’s Far Eastp.44
Lyubarsky G.Yu. Theory of a Complex Social System’s Dynamics (II)p.55
Larsen S.U., Hersvik J. Downfall and Restoration of a Democratic Regime in Portugal (Essay of Applying Games Theory to the Analysis of Historical Events)(II)p.66

INTERPRETATIONS
Potzeluyev S.P. Ritualization of a Conflict (With Materials of the 1998 “Rails War” Examined)p.83
Peregudov S.P. Transnational Corporations on the Way to Corporate Citizenshipp.95

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Mezhuyev V.M. Violence and Freedom in the Political Contextp.104
Sulimov K.A. Politico-Philosophical Conception of Political Violence: the Search after Sensep.114
Ilyinskaya S.G. Toleration and Political Violencep.122

POLITICAL DISCOURSE
Gavrilova M.V. Political Discourse as Object of Linguistic Analysisp.127
Petrov K.Ye. The “Europe” Concept in Modern Political Discoursep.140

DIXI!
Dobrokhotov R.A. Politics in Information Societyp.154
Latypov R.A. Internationalization: a Challenge and a Fair Chance for a Provincial Higher Educational Institutionp.162

CHAIR
Mitrokhina T.N. Comparison as Means of Political Theory Developmentp.168

BIBLIO-REVIEW
Inozemtzev V.L. Old Contradictions of the “New” Imperialismp.173
Fadeicheva M.A. “On What There Is, about History, for the Benefit, and What to the Detriment of Life” (Ethnopolitics as Viewed by Historian, or History as Viewed by Ethnopolitical Science)p.178

LIFE IN SCIENCE
Information. Political Analysis: Modern Condition and Lines of Developmentp.182