I. Introduction 332
1. Linear and Nonlinear Stability Theory 333
2. Oscillating and Aperiodic Instabilities 334
3. Methods of Describing a Plasma 334
II. Aperiodic Plasma Instability 336
4. Ideal Plasma 336
5. Aperiodic Plasma Instability with Account of Dissipation 346
III. Oscillating Plasma Instability 349
6. Instability of Beams in a Plasma 349
7. Microscopic Instability of "Nonmaxwellian" Plasma 352
8. Build-up of Oscillations in a Plasma in the Presence of Relative Motion of Ions and Electrons 355
9. Microscopic Instabilities of an Inhomogeneous Plasma 356
10. Stability of Plasma Flow in a Magnetic Field 357
11. "Oscillating Convection" in a Plasma 360
12. Instability of Positive Column of Gas Discharge in a Magnetic Field 360
IV. Problems in Nonlinear Stability Theory 361
13. Steady-State Convection in a Plasma and "Anomalous Diffusion" 361
14. Quasi Linear Approximation in the Analysis of Oscillating Instabilities in a Rarefied Plasma 363
15. Developed Instability 365
Appendices 366
Literature 368