丹尼斯•R.贾德（Dennis R. Judd）： 伊利诺伊大学政治科学系教授和大城市研究所研究员，一直从事欧洲和美国的城市经济发展、国家城市政治和城市重建的研究。其主要作品包括《重建城市：英国的危机和美国的经验》（合编）、《领导者和城市重建：北美和欧洲的城市》（合编）等。 托德•斯旺斯特罗姆（Todd Swanstrom）： 华盛顿大学政治科学系硕士，普林斯顿大学政治系博士。他出版过6本书，发表过25篇以上学术论文。其参与写作的《重要的地方：21世纪的城市政治》一书获得广泛赞誉。他主要研究城市政治实现公平的途径以及地区性管理的理论。

This sociological classic is updated with a new preface by the authors looking at developments in the study of urban planning during the twenty-year life of this influential work.

This sociological classic is updated with a new preface by the authors looking at developments in the study of urban planning during the twenty-year life of this influential work.

Originally published in 1871, The Theory of Political Economy was the first text to introduce the concept of utility theory into economics and the use of calculus as a way to simplify and present economic problems. In this classic work Jevons re-formulated the central problem of economics as one of how to maximise overall utility with a set amount of means of production. Utilit...(展开全部)

The first comprehensive guide to the discipline of political economy and its application to media and communication studies, The Political Economy of Communication examines the ways that political economy has been used in communication studies. Author Vincent Mosco looks at the debates around political economy and its relationship to a range of disciplines in social science and...(展开全部)

'Vincent Mosco's heavily revised and thoroughly updated "Political Economy of Communication" is a masterpiece. (It) is the one single indispensable book that all media students and scholars need to read to understand this vital and growing area of research' - Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 'Mosco has done all students of communication a great s...(展开全部)

Although much of the world still lives today, as always, under dictatorship, the behaviour of these regimes and of their leaders often appears irrational and mysterious. In The Political Economy of Dictatorship, Ronald Wintrobe uses rational choice theory to model dictatorships: their strategies for accumulating power, the constraints on their behavior, and why they are often m...(展开全部)