POLIS Contents ¹ 1 - 2009



PRESENTING THIS ISSUE
Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issuep.5

THEME OF THE ISSUE: PROBLEMS OF SECURITY IN THE EPOCH OF GLOBAL RISKS
Kortunov S.V. Dialectics of National and International Security: Some Methodological Problemsp.7
Kokoshin A.A. Notes on Creation of a «Russian Innovative Army» p.30
Oznobishchev S.K. Transformation of Russian-American Relations: Objective Causes and Subjective Motivesp.38
Gerbach J.V. Gender Transformation in Modern Russian Army: Social Prerequisitesp.51

WE IN THE WORLD, THE WORLD IN US
Lukin A.V., Lukin P.V. Myths about Russian Political Culture and Russian History. Part I. p.57
Zamyatin D.N. Geocracy. Eurasia as the Image, Symbol and Project of Russian Civilizationp.72
Pshizova S.N. From «Civil Society» to «Consumers’ Community»: Political Consumerism in Comparative Perspective. Part I.p.100

SUBDISCIPLINE: COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SCIENCE
Smorgunov L.V. Comparative Political Science in Search for New Methodological Orientations: Would the Ideas Be Significant for Explanation of Politics?p.118
Kazin F.A. Interrelations of Russia with South Ossetia and with Abkhazia in the Comparative Perspectivep.130
Popova O.V. Specific Features of Political Identity in Russia and in European Countriesp.143

PROBLEMS AND JUDGMENTS
Salmenniemi S., Borodina A.V., Borodin D.Yu., Rautio V. The Logic of the Development of Civic Organizations in Modern Russiap.158
Gusev A.A. Ecological Problems in the Draft Constitution of the European Unionp.174

IDEAS FOR FURTHER CULTIVATION
Lapkin V.V. Enter into New Epoch of Great Shocks: the Attempt of the Outstripping Theoretical Reflexion p.180

REFLECTING ON MATTERS IN PRINT
Mitrofanova A.V. Labyrinths and Enigmas of Theocracyp.185