Polis. Political Studies No 4, 2019 Topic: Looking into the Nature of the Political CONTENT: PRESENTING THIS ISSUE Presenting this Issue (p. 6-7) THEME OF THE ISSUE: LOOKING INTO THE NATURE OF THE POLITICAL Solovyov A.I. Political Agenda of the Government, or Why the State Needs the Society (p. 8-25) Savin N.Yu. Between Substance and Procedure: Two Traditions in Deliberative Democratic Theory (p. 26-39) Fidrya E.S. Factors and Justification of Reconstructing Meaning of Political Texts under Conditions of Cognitive and Interpretative Uncertainty (p. 40-56) LABORATORY: POLITICAL RESEARCH IN THE NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Inoguchi T. The Development of Political Science in Japan (p. 57-68) Avdonin V.S., Meleshkina Ye.Yu. What do Ratings Say? Political Science Journals in the RSCI System (p. 69-88) ORBIS TERRARUM Voynikov V.V., Entina E.G., Entin M.L. Prospects, Needs and Pitfalls of Constitutionalization of the EU and the EAEU (p. 89-103) RUSSIA TODAY Pustovoit Yu.A. How the Regime is Created: Power Coalitions in Siberian Cities (p. 104-118) Salmina A.A. Perception and Attitudes Toward Democracy in Russia and Europe (p. 119-131) Barsegyan V.M. Models of Career Trajectories of the Heads of Russian Regions (p. 132-148) DIXI! Neklessa A.I. Sinews of War & Nerves of Peace: Hybrid Metamorphosis. Methodological and Prognostic Aspects of the Post-Modernity Co-Existence (p. 149-164) Egorova-Gantman E.V., Egorova E.M. Character Assassination. Three Chronicles of the Soviet Period (p. 165-180) REFLECTING ON MATTERS IN PRINT Glukhova A.V., Savenkov R.V. New Authoritarianism in Polish Vestment (p. 181-191)