Conflicts and disputes related to land occur in the North Caucasus with great regularity. This is especially true of those republics in which there live many people. These conflicts are dangerous because they relate to international relations, refers to the historical memory of the people and...

This work contains preliminary data analysis of quantitative survey "Man, family, society" made by Institute of Social Prognosis in 2013 on nationwide sample in 9557 people. The survey provides valuable information about the partnership and reproductive biographies, territorial mobility,...

The paper investigates the role of judiciary behavior in the development of SMEs in Russian regions. Specifically, it looks at how repressive Russian courts are in punishing economic crime. Repressiveness of courts can be both an obstacle of business development (if it serves the predatory...

The paper investigates the influence of outside options on the predatory behavior of autocrats. An outside option is referred to as the opportunity of an incumbent ruler to continue his career outside his current territory of control. The paper uses data on the effectiveness of tax collection...

The paper investigates the determinants and consequences of variation of development of the civil society across Russian regions. It starts by looking at factors explaining the level of development of civil society in Russian regions. In the next step, it links the development of civil society...

Land conflicts in 2013 continued to occupy an important position in the socio-economic and political agenda in the North Caucasus.

Необходимость оптимизации расходов федерального бюджета в 2015 г., о которой заявило руко- водство страны, ставит, среди прочих вопросов, и вопрос об эффективности...