POLIS Contents ¹ 2 - 2009



PRESENTING THIS ISSUE
Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issuep.5

THEME OF THE ISSUE: SUMMING UP RUSSIA’S ELECTORAL CYCLE 2007-2008
Kholodkovsky K.G. To the Question of the Political System of Modern Russiap.7
Peregudov S.P. Political System of Russia after the Elections of 2007 to 2008: Factors of Stabilization and of Destabilization. Part Ip.23
Pshizova S.N. From «Civil Society» to «Consumers’» Community: Political Consumerism in Comparative Perspective. Part IIp.39

SUBDISCIPLINE: POLITICAL REGIONALISTICS
Dakhin A.V. System of Power in Russia in the 2000s and the Models of Political Government of the Regions p.52
Morozova E.V., Miroshnichenko I.V. «Investors of Political Capital»: Social Nets in the Political Space of a Regionp.60
Turovsky R.F. Regional Political Regimes in Russia: to the Methodology of Analysisp.77

ORBIS TERRARUM
Lapkin V.V., Pantin V.I. Russia and Ukraine in a Comparative Perspective: Factors of Sociopolitical Polarizationp.96
Kashirskikh O.N. Political Parties of Germany in the Context of the Modernization of Political Communicationp.108
Zayemsky V.F. Contemporary Issues of the United Nations’ Peacemaking Activityp.130
Ovlashchenko A.V. Maritime Policy of the European Union in the Light of Integration Theoriesp.139

HISTORY REMOTE AND CLOSE
Lukin A.V., Lukin P.V. Myths about Russian Political Culture and Russian History. Part II p.147
Mikhaleva G.M. When Was the Way Chosen? (Russia’s Parties in the Course of the Two Electoral Cycles, 1993-2000)p.163

IDEAS FOR FURTHER CULTIVATION
Ilyin M.V. Are There General Principles of Evolution?p.186