POLIS (Political Studies) 2017, No 02 Topic: Development Dillemas in the Modern World PRESENTING THIS ISSUE Presenting this Issue (p. 6-7) THEME OF THE ISSUE: DEVELOPMENT DILEMMAS IN THE MODERN WORLD Rozov N.S. The Vector of Russian 1917 Revolution: Modernization or Counter-Modernization? (p. 8-25) Bartenev V.I. From ‘Failed States’ to ‘States of Fragility’: Logic of Conceptual Acrobatics (p. 26-41) Chugrov S.V. Post-Truth: Transformation of Political Reality or Self-Destruction of Liberal Democracy? (p. 42-59) THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF POLITICAL STUDIES Solovyov A.I. Political Leader in the Public Administration Environment, or Who Is the Man of the House? (p. 60-81) Miroshnichenko I.V., Morozova E.V. Network Public Policy: Outlines of Subject Field (p. 82-102) Farukshin M.Kh. Institutional Foundations of Ethnic Federations (p. 103-117) Kuzin I.V. About Prospects of Political Logic of the Private (p. 118-133) Turchenko M.S., Zavadskaya M.A. Casual Mechanism vs Pile of Facts: How to Evaluate Casual Links in Case Study Research (p. 134-146) ORBIS TERRARUM Simonia N.A. Results of Presidential Elections in the United States and New Prospects for Formation of Multipolar World Order (p. 147-154) Korotayev A.V., Bilyuga S.E., Shishkina A.R. Correlation between GDP per Capita and Protest Intensity: a Quantitative Analysis (p. 155-169) Zonova T.V., Raynkhardt R.O. ‘Kissinger Dilemma’ in Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Negotiations: History and Current State of Affairs (p. 170-182) REFLECTING ON MATTERS IN PRINT Kravchenko S.A. Sociological Diagnostics by Mikhail Gorshkov: Valid Knowledge of Russian Society, Prognoses of Its Future (p. 183-191)