POLIS Contents ¹ 1 - 2011



PRESENTING THIS ISSUE
Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issuep.4

THEME OF THE ISSUE: IMAGES OF THE RUSSIAN POWER
Pastukhov V.B. “Perestroika” – Second Roundp.7
Rozov N.S. The Specificity of “Russian Power” as Determined by Mental Structures, by Ritual Practices, and by Institutionsp.29
Makarenko B.I. Post-Soviet Party of Power: the “United Russia” in a Comparative Contextp.42
Voronkova O.A., Sidorova A.A., Kryshtanovskaya O.V. Russian Establishment: Ways and Methods of Renewalp.66
Nikovskaya L.I., Yakimetz V.N. Regional Public Policy in Russia: Types, Subjects, Institutions and Modern Challengesp.80

ORBIS TERRARUM
Round Table of the Polis Journal The Changing Sociality: Outlines of the Futurep.97

SUBDISCIPLINE: COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Smorgunov L.V. Political Event Analysis and Its Significance for Modern Comparative Political Studiesp.122
Fadeyeva L.A. The Problem of Identity in Modern Comparative Political Sciencep.134
Morozova E.V., Miroshnichenko I.V. Net Communities on Emergency Occasions: New Possibilities for the Citizens and for Authoritiesp.140
Samarkina I.V., Dmitruk S.D. Leaders of States after Passing the Top of Their Political Career: Factors, Determining Roles, and Professional Trajectoriesp.153

PROBLEMS AND JUDGEMENTS
Nisnevich Yu.A. Civil Control as Mechanism of Counteracting Corruption: Problems of Realization in Russiap.165
Shaparov A.Ye. The Granting of Suffrage to Aliens: Tendencies and Practicesp.177