MARKETS, DEMOCRACY AND RUSSIAN FOREIGN-POLICY

A prominent American specialist on Soviet and Russian affairs presents the results of surveys conducted among foreign policy elites (N=200) and the general population (N=1,243) in European Russia in 1993. Surve y instruments tapped attitudes toward economic, political, and foreign policy issues, including foreign economic relations and integration i nto the global economy. Results demonstrate substantial differences be tween elites and the general public on all three sets of issues, as we ll as unexpected relationships between domestic and foreign policy att itudes within both samples. Journal of Economic Literature, Classifica tion Numbers: H19, P23.