ISSN 0868-4871
The journal Moscow University Bulletin. Series 12. Political Science publishes articles on the theory, methodology and history of the various branches of political science; applied research on Russian and world politics; educational materials for teachers and students of political science; bibliographic data and book reviews; and information on roundtables and conferences.
Series 12 was first published in 1971 under the title Theory of Scientific Communism; in 1989 it was renamed Socio-political Studies before assuming its present title in 1995.
