Starting from some specific characteristics of the Russian economy and society and a description of essential elements of Russia’s transition to a market economy which is gaining momentum since 1990 the article describes the basic elements of the economic order of the Russian Federation,...

This paper has four main objectives: (1) to monitor the rise of poverty and income inequality during the first decade of Russian transition; (2 to analyze the performance of the welfare state in reducing poverty and income inequality; (3) to identify the most vulnerable groups of transition; and...

This paper provides a brief description of the main systemic problems (strukturprobleme) of post-communist capitalism(s), as well as exploring the main changes occurring in the social structure and the subsequent new social risks and welfare state responses emerging. It shows that post communist...

The conflict in Chechnya is characterized by a high degree of complexity. To capture this complexity, the authors produced an actors' network analysis drawing on one of the largest event databases today. The aim was to identify the main actors involved in the conflict, track down the most...

В статье рассматриваются некоторые малоисследованные аспекты, связанные с изучением особенностей республик Северного Кавказа как фактора их стратегического...

Авторы дают обзор экономического состояния Терской области Северного Кавказа во второй половине XIX в., ее общее хозяйственное состояние, характеризуют...

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 paper discusses the theoretical approaches to the analysis of cities in the period of the destruction of traditional society and the formation of modern urban communities, as well as the applicability of these theories to the analysis of urban communities in the North Caucasus (for example,...

The most obvious feature of the situation in the North Caucasus during last year was the disturbance of the fragile balance which had apparently begun to form in the preceding period, the escalation of existing conflicts and the emergence of new ones, including those related to resources. What...

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