迈克尔•道布斯 1948年出生于英国赫特福德郡，毕业于牛津大学，1975年步入政坛，开始为保守党议员撰写演讲稿，很快崭露头角，被称为“威斯敏斯特的娃娃脸杀手”，后任政府特别顾问和撒切尔政府幕僚长，最终于保守党副主席的职位上退休，2010年被英王室册封为男爵。 身为政治家的同时，他也是畅销书作家。1989年，道布斯讲述英国官场故事的处女作小说《纸牌屋》大获好评，次年被BBC改成电视剧，风靡全球。他顺势又写出另外两部以厄克特为主角的小说《玩转国王》《最后一击》，完整交代了这位政坛枭雄的精彩一生，这两部小说也都被BBC改编成电视剧。2013年，好莱坞知名导演大卫•芬奇和奥斯卡影帝凯文•史派西联袂出手，再次将《纸牌屋》搬上荧屏，一经播出，再次火爆全球。

迈克尔•道布斯 1948年出生于英国赫特福德郡，毕业于牛津大学，1975年步入政坛，开始为保守党议员撰写演讲稿，很快崭露头角，被称为“威斯敏斯特的娃娃脸杀手”，后任政府特别顾问和撒切尔政府幕僚长，最终于保守党副主席的职位上退休，2010年被英王室册封为男爵。 身为政治家的同时，他也是畅销书作家。1989年，道布斯讲述英国官场故事的处女作小说《纸牌屋》大获好评，次年被BBC改成电视剧，风靡全球。他顺势又写出另外两部以厄克特为主角的小说《玩转国王》《最后一击》，完整交代了这位政坛枭雄的精彩一生，这两部小说也都被BBC改编成电视剧。2013年，好莱坞知名导演大卫•芬奇和奥斯卡影帝凯文•史派西联袂出手，再次将《纸牌屋》搬上荧屏，一经播出，再次火爆全球。

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How did the industrialized nations of North America and Europe come to be seen as the appropriate models for post-World War II societies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America? How did the postwar discourse on development actually create the so-called Third World? And what will happen when development ideology collapses? To answer these questions, Arturo Escobar shows how developme...(展开全部)

How did the industrialized nations of North America and Europe come to be seen as the appropriate models for post-World War II societies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America? How did the postwar discourse on development actually create the so-called Third World? And what will happen when development ideology collapses? To answer these questions, Arturo Escobar shows how developme...(展开全部)

How did the industrialized nations of North America and Europe come to be seen as the appropriate models for post-World War II societies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America? How did the postwar discourse on development actually create the so-called Third World? And what will happen when development ideology collapses? To answer these questions, Arturo Escobar shows how developme...(展开全部)

What does liberty entail? How have concepts of liberty changed over time? And what are the global consequences? This book surveys the history of rival views of liberty from antiquity to modern times. Quentin Skinner traces the understanding of liberty as independence from the classical ideal to early modern Britain, culminating in the claims of the Whig oligarchy to have transf...(展开全部)

What does liberty entail? How have concepts of liberty changed over time? And what are the global consequences? This book surveys the history of rival views of liberty from antiquity to modern times. Quentin Skinner traces the understanding of liberty as independence from the classical ideal to early modern Britain, culminating in the claims of the Whig oligarchy to have transf...(展开全部)

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