Why do countries differ so greatly in their patterns of political cleavage and coalition? Extending some basic findings of economic theories of international trade, Ronald Rogowski suggests a startling new answer. Testing his hypothesis chiefly against the evidence of the last century and a half, but extending it also to the ancient world and the sixteenth century, he finds a s...(展开全部)

Why do countries differ so greatly in their patterns of political cleavage and coalition? Extending some basic findings of economic theories of international trade, Ronald Rogowski suggests a startling new answer. Testing his hypothesis chiefly against the evidence of the last century and a half, but extending it also to the ancient world and the sixteenth century, he finds a s...(展开全部)

This book unveils a potent new approach to one of the oldest debates in political economy--that over whether class conflict or group competition is more prevalent in politics. It goes further than any study to date by outlining the conditions under which one type of political conflict is more likely than the other. Michael Hiscox focuses on a critical issue affecting support fo...(展开全部)

Thinking through political forms What should we do with the ideals of internationalism, the withering away of state and horizontality? Probably start by thinking seriously about them. That is to say, about their conditions of possibility (or impossibility), rather than sticking to the wishful thinking which asserts that for them to happen it is enough to want them. Humanity exi...(展开全部)

威廉‧瑞克（William H. Riker, 1920-1993） 1920年生於美國愛荷華州，1942年於印第安那州迪堡大學（DePauw University）取得經濟學學士學位，並於1948年於哈佛大學政治系取得博士學位。1962年，在擔任威斯康辛州的勞倫斯大學（Lawrence College）教授時，他發表了《政治聯盟理論》一書，同年成為羅徹斯特大學（University of Rochester）政治系主任直到1977年為止。 威廉‧瑞克創立的「實證政治學」（positive political theory）給學界帶來了典範革命，他從社會選擇與賽局理論的啟發中，建立影響深遠的「理性選擇學派」（Rational Choice Theory，又稱羅徹斯特學派），徹底改變了二十世紀政治學研究的風貌。他所建構的「新政治經濟學」（modern ...(展开全部)

In this strikingly original treatment of the rise of the novel, Nancy Armstrong argues that the novels and non- fiction written by and for women in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England paved the way for the rise of the modern English middle class. Most critical studies of the novel mistakenly locate political power exclusively in the official institutions of state, ignori...(展开全部)

In this strikingly original treatment of the rise of the novel, Nancy Armstrong argues that the novels and non- fiction written by and for women in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England paved the way for the rise of the modern English middle class. Most critical studies of the novel mistakenly locate political power exclusively in the official institutions of state, ignori...(展开全部)

In the seventeenth century, English economic theorists lost interest in the moral status of exchange and became increasingly concerned with the roots of national prosperity. This shift marked the origins of classical political economy and provided the foundation for the contemporary discipline of economics. The seventeenth-century revolution in economic thought fundamentally re...(展开全部)

How can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer, fairer trade? In this challenging and controversial book Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Andrew Charlton address one of the key issues facing world leaders today. They put forward a radical and realistic new model for managing trading relationships between th...(展开全部)