Russian Studies, Political Science, and the Philosophy of Technology

Guoli Liu; Joanna Drzewieniecki

doi:10.5771/9781666906363

Summary

This volume presents state-of-the-art creative scholarship in political science and area studies with an emphasis on Russia. The contributors, all well-known in their specialties, share the conviction that advancement in the social sciences can only be achieved through plural methodological approaches and interaction with various disciplines. Their work in this collection provides critical analyses of key issues in Russian and post-Soviet studies. It explores the most fruitful ways of studying Russia with particular emphasis on the federal system, politics in the era of Putin, challenges of Russian foreign policy, and Russian attitudes toward democracy. The vagaries of democracy are also explored in articles on Georgia and Turkey. Additionally, this book examines the philosophy of technology with an emphasis on critical theory, eco-domination, and engineering ethics.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-0635-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-0636-3
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 460
Product type: Edited Book

1. Epigraph No access
2. Contents No access
3. List of Figures No access
4. List of Tables No access
5. Foreword No access
6. Acknowledgments No access
1. Major Intellectual Influences No access
2. Scholarly Contributions and Major Intellectual Achievements No access
3. Outstanding Teacher and Academic Leader No access
4. 1. KamaZ and Gemcor No access
5. 1. Russian and Post-Soviet Studies No access
  2. Philosophy of Technology No access
  3. Logic of Political Inquiry and Comparative Politics No access
6. Notes No access
7. References No access
1. 1. The Case of Yekaterinburg No access
  2. Dynamism and Stagnation No access
  3. Managing Migration No access
  4. Uncontrolled Cartels No access
  5. An Unofficial Cultural “Second Front” No access
  6. The “Provincial” Written Word No access
  7. Words on Stage as well as on the Page No access
  8. Back to the Future No access
  9. References No access
2. 1. What Are Democratic Values? No access
  2. How We Measure Democratic Values No access
  3. Russians’ Support for Democratic Values No access
  4. Comparisons with Post-Soviet Neighbors No access
  5. Orientations or Attitudes? No access
  6. What Role for Generational Change? No access
  7. Discussion No access
  8. Conclusion No access
  9. Notes No access
  10. References No access
3. 1. Integration of Area Studies and Social Science No access
  2. Democratization: Neither Easy nor Inevitable No access
  3. Culture Matters No access
  4. Institutions Matter Too—the Russian Case No access
  5. Electoral Authoritarianism and Institutional Turbulence No access
  6. Reverse Snowballing and the Impact of External Events No access
  7. Toward the Future No access
  8. References No access
4. 1. The Importance of Thinking like a Russian No access
  2. 1. 1. Since the Revolution the Least Expected among the Elite Has Usually Emerged as the New Leader No access
      2. In the Absence of Free, Fair, and Meaningful Elections, New Leaders Always Attempt to Justify and Legitimize Their Rule by Repudiating the Prior Leader’s Policies and by Trying to Enhance Russia’s Global Role No access
      3. The “Good Old Days” for Russians Was during the USSR, Especially in the Post–World War II and Post-Stalin Eras, but that Doesn’t Mean They Want to Recreate the USSR Today No access
      4. The “Bad Old Days” Was the Decade Following the USSR’s Collapse, and Any Repetition of that Era Is to Be Avoided No access
    2. 1. Russia’s Politics No access
      2. The Russian Economy No access
      3. Russian Society No access
      4. Russia’s Foreign Policies No access
    3. Russia’s Future No access
  3. References No access
5. 1. But First Some History No access
  2. How Empires End No access
  3. 1. Why, Then, Did Putin Invade and Seize Ukrainian Territory? No access
  4. How, Then, Should the West and Russia’s Neighbors Best Deal with Putin’s Imperial Ambitions? No access
  5. Note No access
6. 1. Introduction No access
  2. The Story of a Participant in the Warsaw Uprising No access
  3. Notes No access
  4. References No access
7. 1. Introduction: The Matched-Guise Experiment No access
  2. Sending Identity Cues: The Limited Repertoire of the Speakers No access
  3. Receiving Identity Cues: The Limited Receptiveness of the Listeners No access
  4. The Problem of Comparability across Speakers No access
  5. The Introduction of “Identity Tags” No access
  6. The Revised Design and Its Benefits No access
  7. Potential Objections No access
  8. A Step-Wise Illustration of the Revised Design No access
  9. Some Results of the Revised Design Experiment in Georgia No access
  10. Conclusion No access
  11. Notes No access
  12. References No access
8. 1. What Next for Russian Authority Patterns? No access
  2. The Foundations of the Putin Legacy No access
  3. Federalism by Choice No access
  4. The Silences of Ethno-Federal Asymmetries No access
  5. Party Partisanship and Ideology in Russia No access
  6. Reform Trajectories, Managed Factionalization, and Consequences for the Future No access
  7. The Regions as an Accumulation Alliance No access
  8. A Regional Shadow Alliance? No access
  9. Liberalization without Democracy: The Center Must Hold! No access
  10. Ethnonationalism Today No access
  11. Notes No access
  12. References No access
1. 1. Democratization of Technology No access
  2. Rationality in the Critical Theory of Technology No access
  3. The Contribution of Critical Theory No access
  4. Notes No access
2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. The Concept of Environmental Domination No access
  3. The Biblical Concept of Dominion over the Earth No access
  4. The Realization of Dominion in Human Population Increase No access
  5. The Critical Dimension: Biomass No access
  6. An Environmental Ethics for the Passing of Eco-Dominion No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. References No access
3. 1. Preface No access
  2. Becoming Philosophical in a Techno-Engineering Age No access
  3. Brooklyn Polytechnic Years No access
  4. From Science, Technology, and Society to Science and Technology Studies No access
  5. Penn State Years No access
  6. Colorado School of Mines Years No access
  7. A Chinese Influence No access
  8. Conclusion No access
  9. References No access
1. 1. History of the Applied Social Sciences No access
  2. Post–World War II Developments No access
  3. The Lost Legacy, 1932–1943 No access
  4. The Context of Pragmatism No access
  5. Abductive Reasoning and Public Policy No access
  6. Teleological Explanation and Causal Mechanisms No access
  7. The Circuitry of Decision-Making No access
  8. The Social Organization of the Policy Sciences No access
  9. Financial and Research Infrastructure No access
  10. The Decline of the Cross-Disciplinary Manifold No access
  11. The Future of the Policy Sciences No access
  12. Notes No access
  13. References No access
2. 1. Classical Traditions and Medieval Faculties No access
  2. Modernity as Multiple Emergence No access
  3. Pre-Modern Disciplines of Politics No access
  4. 1. The First Modern Discipline of Political Science No access
    2. The Second Modern Discipline of Political Science No access
    3. The Postmodern Disciplines of Political Science No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. References No access
3. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Political Polarization in Contemporary Turkey No access
  3. 1. Multivariate Models of the Electoral Support for the AKP, 2007–2017 No access
    2. Social Capital No access
    3. Islam and Politics No access
    4. Political System and Government Performance No access
    5. Political Attitudes and Values No access
    6. Socioeconomic Control Variables No access
  4. Empirical Analysis and Discussion No access
  5. Looking Ahead—the Prospects for a Resumption of Democratization No access
  6. Note No access
  7. References No access
4. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Perfect Deterrence Theory No access
  3. Strategic Variables No access
  4. Perfect Deterrence Theory: Relationship Predictions No access
  5. Perfect Deterrence Theory: Empirical Support No access
  6. Perfect Deterrence Theory: Policy Implications No access
  7. Coda No access
  8. Notes No access
  9. References No access
5. 1. Research Puzzle and Theoretical Preliminaries No access
  2. 1. Coercive Diplomacy of “Sunk-Cost” Threats No access
    2. Ambiguous Commitments No access
    3. Miscalculated Stakes and the Issue-Linkage Problem No access
  3. 1. Sunk-Cost Signaling No access
    2. The Ambiguity of Commitments No access
    3. Issue Linkage No access
  4. 1. 1. Deterrence Cases No access
      2. Deterrence Outcomes No access
    2. Model No access
    3. 1. Issue Linkage No access
      2. Costly Signals No access
      3. Alliance Commitments No access
      4. Balance of Power No access
      5. Balance of Interests No access
  5. Results No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. References No access
6. 1. Introduction No access
  2. 1. Women’s Rise—Facilitating Conditions No access
  3. 1. Empowerment as Policy Makers No access
    2. Empowerment as Selectors No access
    3. Empowerment as Symbols No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Note No access
  6. References No access
7. 1. Why Should We Study the Philosophy of Science? No access
  2. The Production and Progress of Knowledge No access
  3. The Problem of Incommensurability No access
  4. Concluding Thoughts No access
  5. References No access
8. 1. Background: The University at Buffalo, 1970 to the Early Twenty-First Century No access
  2. Fred Fleron as a Teacher No access
  3. Fred Fleron as a Scholar No access
  4. 1. Within the Political Science Department No access
    2. In the College of Arts and Sciences No access
    3. On Behalf of the University as a Whole No access
  5. Notes No access
Index No access Pages 443 - 450
About the Contributors No access Pages 451 - 460