Boris Kagarlitsky noted two reasons (beside bad faith of the
investigators) that prevent Russian polls from studying public opinion in
earnest:
> Reason number one is trivial: lack of money.
> The second one is also very well-known: Western methodologies don't work
> in Russia.
> The only paradox is that these two factors are very tightly intervowen.
> That is, Western methodologies are not applicable because there is not
> enough money.
Kagarlitsky may have meant his "contrast" simply as a rhetorical device to
introduce the factors. But those two factors (as well as bad faith) are
also fundamental problems with public opinion polling in the
West. The conventional Western methodologies simply don't work, in Russia
or anywhere else.
Temps Walker
Sandwichman and Deconsultant
