Polis. Political Studies. No 1 2008

Polis. Political Studies. No 1 2008

Topic:
New facets of communication processes

CONTENT:

PRESENTING THIS ISSUE

Presenting This Issue (p. 6)

THEME OF THE ISSUE: NEW FACETS OF COMMUNICATION PROCESSES

Potseluyev S.P.

Double Binds, or Dual Traps of Political Communication. (p. 8)

Media Monitoring of Crises and Conflicts. (p. 33)

Influence of American Mass Media on Mass Consciousness (With the Conflicts of the USA with Iraq in 1990-1991 and in 2002-2003 as Example). (p. 50)

Communicative Nature of Values and Their Transformation in Mass Media. (p. 61)

Workshop of the Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences.

Russian Identity in Sociological Dimension. Part 1. («Political Activity and Civil Participation», «Foreign Policy Aspects of the Russian Identity»). (p. 67)

Convergence, Russian Style: «Golden Mean» or Hesitating Half-Way? (p. 91)

INTERPRETATIONS: METAMORPHOSES OF GLOBALIZATION

Value Crisis: Why Formal Democracy Does Not Work (p. 109)

National Sovereignty and Processes of Globalization (Introductory Notes) (p. 123)

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: NEW SPACES OF POLITICS AND METHODS OF THEIR STUDY

Influence of Economic, Political, and Cultural Factors on the Processes of Formation of Nations in Modern Times Europe. (p. 134)

Evolution of Nation-State: An Attempt of Deconstruction. (p. 142)

Political Philosophy of Democracy: Thomas Jefferson’s Contribution. (p. 153)

IDEAS FOR FURTHER CULTIVATION

Russia’s Political History and Modern Politics in the Light of Structural-Cyclic Paradigm. (p. 169)

REFLECTING ON MATTERS IN PRINT

The Fortunes of Democracy in Russia. (p. 183)

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