POLIS Contents № 4 - 2005

PRESENTING THIS ISSUE

Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issue

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PROBLEMS AND JUDGMENTS

Kaspe S.I. Empire Substitute: On the Nature and Origin of the Federative Political Form

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Smirnov A.N. Ethnicity and Cultural Pluralism in the Context of the State Policy

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Galkin A.A. Globalization and Political Shocks of the 21st Century

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THEME OF THE ISSUE: WORLD POLITICS

A Round Table, Afontzev S.A., Segbers K., Ilyin M.V., Kulagin V.M., Lebedeva M.M., Rykhtik M.I., Solovyov A.I., Feldman D.M., Tzygankov A.P., Tzygankov P.A. World Politics: Agenda for Tomorrow (Virtual Round Table)

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Feldman D.M. Political Interaction of the CIS Countries’ Elites

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Barabanov O.N. Evolution of Italy’s Regions as Actors of World Politics

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Sarukhanyan S.N. Iranian Atomic Bomb. To Be or Not to Be?

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Mielke K. International Relations and World Politics Research in Germany: History and the Present-Day Condition

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THESAURUS

Modelski G. The Evolution of Global Politics (II)

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INTERPRETATIONS

Klemeshev A.P. Transformation of Exclave Territoriality under Political Globalization

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Zaznayev O.I. Mixed Forms of Government, or How Oil Will Mix with Water

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Komarovsky V.S. Administrative Reform in Russian Federation

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BIBLIO-REVIEW

Smorgunov L.V., Pavroz A.V. Political Decision Making: Theory and Methodology

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LIFE IN SCIENCE

Information. Political Science Chronicle

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