POLIS Contents ¹ 4 - 2013



PRESENTING THIS ISSUE
Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issue + Address of the RAPS Leadershipp.5

THEME OF THE ISSUE. COMPLEX TOPIC OF THE MODERN POLITICS
Inozemtzev V.L. Ñolonies vs. Dependencies: Invitation to a Discoursep.6
Yakunin V.I. Political Tectonics of the World Todayp.20
Sergeyev K.V. “What is Impossible to Speak about...” Phenomenon of “Unutterable Demands” and Social Risks in Modern Societyp.32
Hosle V. On the Relation of Morals and Politicsp.45
Nisnevich Yu.A. Political Responsibility: Institutional Way of Stating the Problemp.62

LABORATORY: SPACES OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
Kochler H. The New Social Media: Chance or Challenge for Dialogue?p.75
Round Table of The ‘Polis’ Journal, Medoeva Z.G., Vasilenko I.A., Malysheva E.M., Hawer-Tukarkina O.M., Chugrov S.V. The Image of Russia: Deficit of “Soft Power”?p.88
Zakharova O.V. Human Rights Discourse and the Russian-European Relationsp.100
Kochetkov A.P. Netocratismp.111
Bernays E.L. Engineering of Consentp.122
Tatarkova D.Yu. Non-systemic Opposition: Specific Character of Presentation in Printed Mass-Mediap.132

ORBIS TERRARUM
Malkov S.Yu., Korotayev A.V., Isayev L.M., Kuzminova Ye.V. On Methods of Estimating Current Condition and of Forecasting Social Instability: Attempted Quantitative Analysis of the Events of the Arab Springp.137

REFLECTING ON MATTERS IN PRINT
Shishkov V.V. Dilemmas of “Post-imperial Transit”p.163
Bardin A.L. Principles of the Global Governance on the Basis of International Financial Institutionsp.168

FEEDBACK
Tkhagapsoyev Kh.G. In Search of a New Methodological Paradigm in Political Science: the Identity Approachp.173
Safronova O.V., Korshunov D.S. “New” or “Old” Great Debates?p.182