The recent, highly sucessful publication of Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert Putnam, has attracted new attention to the subject of civil society. While markets and democracies arise in formerly Communist states, the established liberal democracies of Western Europe, North America, and East Asia grow increasingly dissatisfied with the insti...(展开全部)

In his national bestseller Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam illuminated the decline of social capital in the US. Now, in Democracies in Flux, Putnam brings together a group of leading scholars who broaden his findings as they examine the state of social capital in eight advanced democracies around the world. The book is packed with many intriguing revelations. The contributors note...(展开全部)

This book can be read like a series of short stories - the story of a steel worker who was laid off after twenty years in the same factory and who now struggles to support his family on unemployment benefits and a part-time job; the story of a trade unionist who finds his goals undermined by the changing nature of work; the story of a family from Algeria living in a housing est...(展开全部)

Confined in their governmental ivory towers, their actions largely dictated by public opinion polls, politicians and state officials are all too often oblivious to the everyday lives of ordinary citizens. These persons, who often experience so much hardship in their lives, have few ways to make themselves heard and are obliged either to protest outside official frameworks or re...(展开全部)

皮埃尔·布尔迪厄 Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002)，法国当代著名的社会学家，思想家和文化理论批评家。1954年他毕业于巴黎高等师范学院，1956年应征入伍，在阿尔及利亚服役两年。1964年回到巴黎，于1975年创办《社会科学研究行动》(Actes de la recher-che en sciences sociales)。1982年成为法兰西学院唯一的社会学教授，社会科学高等学院 (Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales) 学术总监。主要著作有《实践理论大纲》《艺术的规则》《帕斯卡式的沉思》《男性统治》《区隔》等。

The Post-Secular in Question considers whether there has in fact been a religious resurgence of global dimensions in recent decades. This collection of original essays by leading academics represents an interdisciplinary intervention in the continuing and ever-transforming discussion of the role of religion and secularism in today's world. Foregrounding the most urgent and comp...(展开全部)

罗伯特•莱恩（Robert E. Lane），美国政治学家和政治心理学家，英国科学院院士，美国科学促进协会会员。曾任国际政治心理学学会、美国政治学协会和政策研究学会主席。于耶鲁大学执教近50年，就职期间曾两度任政治系主任。罗伯特所著图书已被翻译成7国语言在全世界出售。此外，为表彰其在政治心理学领域做出的卓越贡献，自1994年起，美国政治学协会设立罗伯特•莱恩奖，颁给每年的最佳政治心理学图书作者。莱恩本人的这本《幸福的流失》于2001年获此奖。

Why in prosperous market democracies today do so many people regard themselves as unhappy? Robert Lane draws on extensive research in many fields to show that the main sources of well-being in advanced economies are friendships and a good family life; income has little to do with happiness once a person rises above the poverty level. Lane urges us to alter priorities and emphas...(展开全部)

Why in prosperous market democracies today do so many people regard themselves as unhappy? Robert Lane draws on extensive research in many fields to show that the main sources of well-being in advanced economies are friendships and a good family life; income has little to do with happiness once a person rises above the poverty level. Lane urges us to alter priorities and emphas...(展开全部)

罗伯特•莱恩（Robert E. Lane），美国政治学家和政治心理学家，英国科学院院士，美国科学促进协会会员。曾任国际政治心理学学会、美国政治学协会和政策研究学会主席。于耶鲁大学执教近50年，就职期间曾两度任政治系主任。罗伯特所著图书已被翻译成7国语言在全世界出售。此外，为表彰其在政治心理学领域做出的卓越贡献，自1994年起，美国政治学协会设立罗伯特•莱恩奖，颁给每年的最佳政治心理学图书作者。莱恩本人的这本《幸福的流失》于2001年获此奖。