Dietrich Rueschemeyer is a Brown professor of sociology emeritus and Charles C. Tillinghast Jr. '32 Professor of International Studies emeritus. He currently works on state formation and historical antecedents of socioeconomic development.He was one of the founders of Brown's Center for the Comparative Study of Development, which merged into the Watson Institute. From 1997 to 2...(展开全部)

Product Description It is a commonplace claim of Western political discourse that capitalist development and democracy go hand in hand. Cross-national statistical research on political democracy supports this claim. By contrast, comparative historical studies carried out within a political economy approach argue that economic development was and is compatible with multiple poli...(展开全部)

Written from a neo-Marxist point of view by a prominent Italian architectural historian, Architecture and Utopia leads the reader beyond architectural form into a broader understanding of the relation of architecture to society and the architect to the workforce and the marketplace. It discusses the Garden Cities movement and the suburban developments it generated, the German-R...(展开全部)

"...sweeping in its thematic scope. All should be stimulated by the theoretical debate. Recommended." C.H. Blake, James Madison University, CHOICE "Anyone interested in the origins of democracy or in contemporary political economy will need to read this important work." Nicolas van de Walle, Cornell University

"...sweeping in its thematic scope. All should be stimulated by the theoretical debate. Recommended." C.H. Blake, James Madison University, CHOICE "Anyone interested in the origins of democracy or in contemporary political economy will need to read this important work." Nicolas van de Walle, Cornell University

卡莱斯·鲍什，现为普林斯顿大学公共事务与公共管理学教授、美国人文与科学学院院士、古根海姆学者，从事政治经济学与经验政治学领域的教学和科研工作。 鲍针教授的著作《政治党派、经济增长与平等》（剑桥大学出版社，1998年）获得威廉·赖克（William:H.Riker）政治经济学最佳专著奖。他的著作《民主与再分配》（剑桥大学出版社，2003年）同样获得威廉·赖克(William:H.Riker)政治经济学最佳专著奖以及马太·杜干（Mattei Dogan）比较研究领域最佳专著奖。他曾在American Political Science Review,American Journal of Political Science,World Politics,International Organization,Journal of Law,Econ...(展开全部)

Originally published in 1986, Bowles and Gintis present a critique of contemporary Marxian and liberal political theory. They show that 'capitalism' and 'democracy' - although widely held jointly to characterize Western society - are sharply contrasting systems regulating both the process of human development and the historical evolution of whole societies. They examine in deta...(展开全部)

This groundbreaking book develops a new theory of constitutional democracy. Leading political philosopher Russell Hardin shows how social coordination rather than mutual advantage lies at the heart of liberal constitutionalism.