Polis. Political Studies. No 2 2004

Polis. Political Studies. No 2 2004

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DOI: 10.17976/jpps/2004.02.00

CONTENT:

PRESENTING THIS ISSUE

Presenting This Issue (p. 5)

SOCIUM AND POWER

Gaman-Golutvina O.V.

Russia’ Regional Elites: Whom They Consist of, and What Are the Tendencies of Their Evolution (I) (p. 6-19)

Territorial Organization of Local Self-Government in Russia’s Regions (Comparative Analysis of the Instances of the Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts) (p. 20-31)

Transition to Mixed Elections in the Regions: “Compulsory Transformation” (p. 32-40)

Lyubarsky G.Yu.

Theory of a Complex Social System’s Dynamics (I) (p. 41-50)

Larsen S.U., Hersvik J.

Downfall and Restoration of a Democratic Regime in Portugal (Essay of Applying Games Theory to the Analysis of Historical Events) (p. 51-63)

INTERPRETATIONS

On Trajectories of Post-Communist Transformations (p. 64-75)

Liberal Democracy as Orienting Objective for Post-Totalitarian Transformations (p. 76-84)

The Power Party (p. 85-92)

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: METHODOLOGY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Pecherskaya N.V.

To Know or to Call: Metaphor as Cognitive Resource of Social Knowledge (p. 93-105)

Semiotics of Social Institutions and the Disputes about “Intellectual Property” (p. 106-123)

POLITICAL DISCOURSE

Political Discourse of Mediacracies: Problems of the Information Epoch (p. 124-132)

Denunciatory Information as Practiced in Russia, and Its Metamorphoses (Notes on Poetics of Political Communication) (p. 133-143)

On Kenneth Waltz’ Neorealism (p. 146-155)

LIFE IN SCIENCE

Kulinchenko A.V.

Political Parties and the Development of Democracy: Experience of Russia and of Germany (p. 156-169)

Within the Dimensions of Global Political History (p. 170-173)

History of International Relations: Verification of a Scientific Conception (p. 174-178)

Global Approach to the Problem (p. 179-182)

Khatuntzev S.V.

Diplomat (Documentary Heritage) (p. 183-185)

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