POST-SOVIET AFFAIRS

后苏联事务致力于研究俄罗斯和前USSR其他共和国的政治、经济、社会和对外关系。它的主要焦点是该地区的改革、自由化和现代化的冲动之间的紧张关系，以及腐败、镇压公民自由以及苏联（和前苏联）过去的其他表现形式。《华尔街日报》在广泛的主题范围内征求意见，在这些主题范围内，这些冲动和遗产会发生冲突并受到质疑。其中包括但不限于：国家社会关系、选举制度、财产权、刑事司法、民主化、自然资源开发、外交政策、宏观经济表现、政党、选举、法律、不平等、经济政策、民族关系和地方政治。后苏联国家和其他后共产主义国家之间的比较也很受欢迎，跨地区比较也很受欢迎。理论和经验文章都被接受。我们寻求的文章，以解决重要的主题与理论的复杂性和非常实质性的经验支持。数据可能基于各种研究方法，包括实地研究、民意调查、内容分析、现场访谈和档案研究。我们不鼓励提交主要是党派宣言、表面政策分析或主要为抽象理论家或高度专业化方法论者的听众撰写的文章。

Post-Soviet Affairs is devoted to the study of the polities, economies, societies, and foreign relations of Russia and other republics of the former USSR. Its primary focus is on the tension between impulses of reform, liberalization, and modernization in the region and legacies of corruption, suppression of civil liberties, and other manifestations of the Soviet (and pre-Soviet) past.The journal seeks submissions across a broad spectrum of topics within which these impulses and legacies collide and are contested. These include, but are not limited to: state-society relations, electoral regimes, property rights, criminal justice, democratization, natural resource development, foreign policy, macroeconomic performance, political parties, elections, law, inequality, economic policy, ethnic relations, and local politics.Comparisons between post-Soviet and other post-communist countries are also welcome, as are cross-area comparisons with countries that have struggled with analogous challenges. Both theoretical and empirical articles are accepted. We seek articles that address important topics with theoretical sophistication and very substantial empirical support. Data may be based on a variety of research methods, including field studies, public opinion surveys, content analysis, on-site interviews, and archival research.We discourage submission of articles that are principally partisan manifestos, superficial policy analysis, or that are written primarily for an audience of abstract theorists or highly specialized methodologists.