Создана ассоциированная группа Американской ассоциации политической науки по исследованию российской политики
Группа исследований российской политики (Russian Politics Group) получила статус ассоциированной группы при Американской ассоциации политической науки (APSA related group), одного из старейших и наиболее авторитетных в мире национальных сообществ политологов. Реализация данной инициативы стала возможной при активной поддержке идеи со стороны Российской ассоциации политической науки.
Координатор группы - профессор Тартусского университета (Эстония) Фред Эйдлин feidlin@gmail.com.
Из описания целей группы на английском языке:
The interests of the Russian Politics Group overlap with a wide range of APSA Program Committee Divisions and Organized Sections, yet no Division or Organized Section focuses on Russia. The Division most closely associated with Russia would appear to be “Politics of Communist and Former Communist Countries.” However, although Russia’s Communt past continues to influence its politics and government, this has been a declining factor in determining what issues of Russian politics and government are studied, and how they are approached. To be sure, there are some Divisions in which research on Russia still focuses mainly on Communist and post-Communist aspects, most notably, “Human Rights” and “Comparative Democratization” and, to a lesser extent, “Comparative Politics.” However, an increasing proportion of research on Russia is not bound up enough with the country’s Communist past to suggest comparison with other post-Communist countries. Nowadays research on Russia is being being conducted, which could fit the followng Program Committee Divisions: “Foreign Policy,” “International Political Economy” “International Collaboration,” “International Security,” “International Security and Arms Control,“ “Public Policy,” “Urban Politics,” “Women and Politics,” “Race, Ethnicity, and Politics,” “Religion and Politics,” “Political Communication,” “Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics,” “Information Technology and Politics,” “Politics, Literature and Film,” “International History and Politics,” “Political Networks,” and “Migration and Citizenship.” Increased attention in Russia would contribute fruitfully to all of these divisions, while not detracting from the Division “Politics of Communist and Former Communist Countries.”