Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: The View from Middle-Range Part II: Metatheory Chapter 2: The Logic of Inquiry in Sovietology: Soviet Area Studies and the Social Sciences Chapter 3: Silver Anniversary of the Publication of Communist Studies and the Social Sciences Chapter 4: The Logic of Inquiry in Post-Sovietology: Russian Studies and the Social Sciences Part III: Middle-Range Theories Chapter 5: Co-optation as a Mechanism of Adaptation to Change Chapter 6: Motivation, Methodology and Communist Ideology Chapter 7: The Western Connection: Technical Rationality and Soviet Politics Chapter 8: Political Culture in Post-Soviet Russia: Recent Empirical Investigations Chapter 9: Does the Public Matter for Democratization in Russia? Chapter 10: Congruence Theory Applied: Democratization in Russia Part IV: Conclusion Chapter 11: Conclusion: Thinking Theoretically about Russian & Soviet Politics: Carnivals, Cockfights, and Epistemic Communities