Russian Studies, Political Science, and the Philosophy of Technology

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Epigraph
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
	Major Intellectual Influences
	Scholarly Contributions and Major Intellectual Achievements
	Outstanding Teacher and Academic Leader
	International Technology Transfer
		KamaZ and Gemcor
	About This Collection
		Russian and Post-Soviet Studies
		Philosophy of Technology
		Logic of Political Inquiry and Comparative Politics
	Notes
	References
Part I: Russian and Post-Soviet Studies
Chapter 1: Highlighting Regional Dimensions of Political Systems: The Case of Yekaterinburg in Russia
	The Case of Yekaterinburg
	Dynamism and Stagnation
	Managing Migration
	Uncontrolled Cartels
	An Unofficial Cultural “Second Front”
	The “Provincial” Written Word
	Words on Stage as well as on the Page
	Back to the Future
	References
Chapter 2: The Democratic Promise of the Putin Generation?: Cultural Legacies, Generational Cohorts, and Democratic Values in Russia
	What Are Democratic Values?
	How We Measure Democratic Values
	Russians’ Support for Democratic Values
	Comparisons with Post-Soviet Neighbors
	Orientations or Attitudes?
	What Role for Generational Change?
	Discussion
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 3: Reflections on Postcommunist Transitions: 30 Years After the Soviet Collapse
	Integration of Area Studies and Social Science
	Democratization: Neither Easy nor Inevitable
	Culture Matters
	Institutions Matter Too—the Russian Case
	Electoral Authoritarianism and Institutional Turbulence
	Reverse Snowballing and the Impact of External Events
	Toward the Future
	References
Chapter 4: Reflections on Russia: A Century (Plus) After the Revolution
	The Importance of Thinking like a Russian
	Understanding Russia’s Past and Present: The Keys to Understanding Russia’s Future
		Russia’s Past
			Since the Revolution the Least Expected among the Elite Has Usually Emerged as the New Leader
			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
			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
			The “Bad Old Days” Was the Decade Following the USSR’s Collapse, and Any Repetition of that Era Is to Be Avoided
		Russia’s Present
			Russia’s Politics
			The Russian Economy
			Russian Society
			Russia’s Foreign Policies
		Russia’s Future
	References
Chapter 5: Making Sense of Russia’s Interests
	But First Some History
	How Empires End
	Implications for the West
		Why, Then, Did Putin Invade and Seize Ukrainian Territory?
	How, Then, Should the West and Russia’s Neighbors Best Deal with Putin’s Imperial Ambitions?
	Note
Chapter 6: The Polish Underground’s 1944 Warsaw Uprising—a Participant’s View
	Introduction
	The Story of a Participant in the Warsaw Uprising
	Notes
	References
Chapter 7: Matched-Guise Reloaded: Revising a Classic Experiment for Complex Multilingual Settings
	Introduction: The Matched-Guise Experiment
	Sending Identity Cues: The Limited Repertoire of the Speakers
	Receiving Identity Cues: The Limited Receptiveness of the Listeners
	The Problem of Comparability across Speakers
	The Introduction of “Identity Tags”
	The Revised Design and Its Benefits
	Potential Objections
	A Step-Wise Illustration of the Revised Design
	Some Results of the Revised Design Experiment in Georgia
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 8: The Future of Janus-Faced Russia and Its Continuing Structural Legacy
	What Next for Russian Authority Patterns?
	The Foundations of the Putin Legacy
	Federalism by Choice
	The Silences of Ethno-Federal Asymmetries
	Party Partisanship and Ideology in Russia
	Reform Trajectories, Managed Factionalization, and Consequences for the Future
	The Regions as an Accumulation Alliance
	A Regional Shadow Alliance?
	Liberalization without Democracy: The Center Must Hold!
	Ethnonationalism Today
	Notes
	References
Part II: Philosophy of Technology
Chapter 9: Critical Theory and Philosophy of Technology
	Democratization of Technology
	Rationality in the Critical Theory of Technology
	The Contribution of Critical Theory
	Notes
Chapter 10: Eco-Dominion
	Introduction
	The Concept of Environmental Domination
	The Biblical Concept of Dominion over the Earth
	The Realization of Dominion in Human Population Increase
	The Critical Dimension: Biomass
	An Environmental Ethics for the Passing of Eco-Dominion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 11: Engineering Ethics: A Narrative Reflection
	Preface
	Becoming Philosophical in a Techno-Engineering Age
	Brooklyn Polytechnic Years
	From Science, Technology, and Society to Science and Technology Studies
	Penn State Years
	Colorado School of Mines Years
	A Chinese Influence
	Conclusion
	References
Part III: Logic of Political Inquiry and Comparative Politics
Chapter 12: Improving Russian and East European Studies by Building on Pragmatism and the Lost Legacy of the Policy Sciences
	History of the Applied Social Sciences
	Post–World War II Developments
	The Lost Legacy, 1932–1943
	The Context of Pragmatism
	Abductive Reasoning and Public Policy
	Teleological Explanation and Causal Mechanisms
	The Circuitry of Decision-Making
	The Social Organization of the Policy Sciences
	Financial and Research Infrastructure
	The Decline of the Cross-Disciplinary Manifold
	The Future of the Policy Sciences
	Notes
	References
Chapter 13: Disciplines of Political Learning: How Political Science Arises Repeatedly
	Classical Traditions and Medieval Faculties
	Modernity as Multiple Emergence
	Pre-Modern Disciplines of Politics
	Modern Disciplines of Political Science
		The First Modern Discipline of Political Science
		The Second Modern Discipline of Political Science
		The Postmodern Disciplines of Political Science
	Notes
	References
Chapter 14: Political Polarization, Electoral Support for the AKP, and the Challenge of Democratization in Turkey, 2002–2021
	Introduction
	Political Polarization in Contemporary Turkey
	The Public Opinion Context
		Multivariate Models of the Electoral Support for the AKP, 2007–2017
		Social Capital
		Islam and Politics
		Political System and Government Performance
		Political Attitudes and Values
		Socioeconomic Control Variables
	Empirical Analysis and Discussion
	Looking Ahead—the Prospects for a Resumption of Democratization
	Note
	References
Chapter 15: Perfect Deterrence Theory
	Introduction
	Perfect Deterrence Theory
	Strategic Variables
	Perfect Deterrence Theory: Relationship Predictions
	Perfect Deterrence Theory: Empirical Support
	Perfect Deterrence Theory: Policy Implications
	Coda
	Notes
	References
Chapter 16: Uncovering the Causal Mechanism in a Crucial Case Study: The Crimean War
	Research Puzzle and Theoretical Preliminaries
	A “Least-Likely” Case: The Crimean War
		Coercive Diplomacy of “Sunk-Cost” Threats
		Ambiguous Commitments
		Miscalculated Stakes and the Issue-Linkage Problem
	Theoretical Discussion
		Sunk-Cost Signaling
		The Ambiguity of Commitments
		Issue Linkage
	Empirical Measures and Statistical Model
		Dependent Variable and Immediate Deterrence Dataset
			Deterrence Cases
			Deterrence Outcomes
		Model
		Explanatory Variables
			Issue Linkage
			Costly Signals
			Alliance Commitments
			Balance of Power
			Balance of Interests
	Results
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 17: Women Heads of State and Government: Facilitating Conditions and Empowering Effects
	Introduction
	Existing Literature
		Women’s Rise—Facilitating Conditions
	Women Presidents and Prime Ministers: Empowering Women?
		Empowerment as Policy Makers
		Empowerment as Selectors
		Empowerment as Symbols
	Conclusion
	Note
	References
Chapter 18: Methodological Pluralism and Analytical Eclecticism in Political Science: The Logic of Political Inquiry
	Why Should We Study the Philosophy of Science?
	The Production and Progress of Knowledge
	The Problem of Incommensurability
	Concluding Thoughts
	References
Chapter 19: The Compleat Academic: Fred Fleron’s Academic Troika
	Background: The University at Buffalo, 1970 to the Early Twenty-First Century
	Fred Fleron as a Teacher
	Fred Fleron as a Scholar
	Fred Fleron as a Department and University Citizen
		Within the Political Science Department
		In the College of Arts and Sciences
		On Behalf of the University as a Whole
	Notes
Index
About the Contributors