Contents

Political methodology 

Makarenko V. P. Макаренко В. П. “Political conceptology” as a trend of contemporary political sciences...5

Round Table of “St.-Petersburg Political Science Expertise”

Intellectuals and power in social transformation...45

Political institutions and civil society  

Baranov N. A. Institutionalization in Russia: traits of the national model...69
Tarasenko A. V. The role of the consultative bodies in political systems with weak parliament: European Union and Russia...87
Mutagirov D. Z. “The formula for power”: possibilities of civil society to control political institutions...99
Linetskiy A. V. Institutions of civil society in transformation: the theory and practices in postcommunist countries ...123
Skobelina N. A. Civil society in the Russian Federation: problems of institutionalization (regional aspect)...136

Social politics 

Demidov A. A. Management and social politics: the case of non-commercial organizations...149
Kim A. S. Diaspora as a subject of social politics: the case of the France for the RF...164

International political processes  

Aleshkina A. S. International initiatives: the role in international Canadian politics...177
Pavlova E. B. The problem of non-violence in modern peacemaking...185
Smirnova A. G. Studies of Threat Perception in International Relations: in Search for Theoretical Foundations...193
Moshkin S. V. Military and political challenges for the Russia...209
Gulyaev K. V. Some Aspects of Organizational, Ideological and Po-litical Evolution of International Terrorism in Conditions of Globalization...215
Hodakovsky E. A. Terrorism as a factor of total confrontation between the East and the West...225

Political security 

Borodin A. S. The Russia as a subject of informational security...233
Davidov L. V., Krupnik P. A. Political and conflict dimensions of political security...253

Political identity 

Paleeva N. V. Strategy of designing «Hidden Others» In a discourse of authority (an example of Russian empire of second half XIX - Beginnings XX с.). P. 1...271
Saiducova-Romanova M. S. The crisis of national identity and youth national-democratic movement in the Buriatia (the XXI c.)...284

Reviews 

Vinogradova S. M. — World politics and international relations. Textbook / Ed. by A. V. Achkasov and S. A. Lantsov. SPb.: “Piter”, 2005–2008. – 443 p...294
Petrov S. I. — Kuznetsov V. The sociology of compromises. M.: Books and business, 2007. – 679 p...296

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