Lobbying the Autocrat examines how advocacy groups lobby autocratic governments to achieve favorable policy outcomes, and when and why they are successful. Based on comparative case studies the volume theorizes that three conditions – access to policy making, information demands, and social control – structure the dynamics of policy advocacy under authoritarianism. Despite an e...(展开全部)

In this timely work, Scott Kennedy documents the rising influence of business, both Chinese and foreign, on national public policy in China. China's shift to a market economy has made businesses more sensitive to their bottom line and has seen the passage of thousands of laws and regulations that directly affect firms' success. Companies have become involved in a tug of war wit...(展开全部)

In this timely work, Scott Kennedy documents the rising influence of business, both Chinese and foreign, on national public policy in China. China's shift to a market economy has made businesses more sensitive to their bottom line and has seen the passage of thousands of laws and regulations that directly affect firms' success. Companies have become involved in a tug of war w...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

After the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974, which ended the ancient rule of the Abyssinian monarchy, Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia and sought out surviving courtiers to tell their stories. Here, their eloquent and ironic voices depict the lavish, corrupt world they had known - from the rituals, hierarchies and intrigues at court to the vagaries of a ruler who ma...(展开全部)

◆作者简介 克里斯托弗•道森（Christopher Dawson，1889—1970），当代著名的文化哲学家、历史学家和文化史学家，被誉为“新时代的先知”,备受艾略特、汤因比等人推崇。道森的研究领域十分广泛，主要兴趣集中在文化哲学，尤其是在宗教信仰与文化变迁的关系方面，其视野之宏大、文风之优雅、学识之广博，可与斯宾格勒和汤因比比肩。主要著作有《神祇时代》《进步与宗教》《理解欧洲》《世界历史的动力》等。 ◆译者简介 武可，北京师范大学历史学博士，现为中央民族大学历史文化学院讲师，从事西欧中世纪史的科研与教学。

◆作者简介 克里斯托弗•道森（Christopher Dawson，1889—1970），当代著名的文化哲学家、历史学家和文化史学家，被誉为“新时代的先知”,备受艾略特、汤因比等人推崇。道森的研究领域十分广泛，主要兴趣集中在文化哲学，尤其是在宗教信仰与文化变迁的关系方面，其视野之宏大、文风之优雅、学识之广博，可与斯宾格勒和汤因比比肩。主要著作有《神祇时代》《进步与宗教》《理解欧洲》《世界历史的动力》等。 ◆译者简介 武可，北京师范大学历史学博士，现为中央民族大学历史文化学院讲师，从事西欧中世纪史的科研与教学。

◆作者简介 克里斯托弗•道森（Christopher Dawson，1889—1970），当代著名的文化哲学家、历史学家和文化史学家，被誉为“新时代的先知”,备受艾略特、汤因比等人推崇。道森的研究领域十分广泛，主要兴趣集中在文化哲学，尤其是在宗教信仰与文化变迁的关系方面，其视野之宏大、文风之优雅、学识之广博，可与斯宾格勒和汤因比比肩。主要著作有《神祇时代》《进步与宗教》《理解欧洲》《世界历史的动力》等。 ◆译者简介 武可，北京师范大学历史学博士，现为中央民族大学历史文化学院讲师，从事西欧中世纪史的科研与教学。

◆作者简介 克里斯托弗•道森（Christopher Dawson，1889—1970），当代著名的文化哲学家、历史学家和文化史学家，被誉为“新时代的先知”,备受艾略特、汤因比等人推崇。道森的研究领域十分广泛，主要兴趣集中在文化哲学，尤其是在宗教信仰与文化变迁的关系方面，其视野之宏大、文风之优雅、学识之广博，可与斯宾格勒和汤因比比肩。主要著作有《神祇时代》《进步与宗教》《理解欧洲》《世界历史的动力》等。 ◆译者简介 武可，北京师范大学历史学博士，现为中央民族大学历史文化学院讲师，从事西欧中世纪史的科研与教学。

Written rules in formal organizations are distinctive elements of organizational history; they shape organizational change and are in turn shaped by it. These rules are created, revised, and eliminated in ways that leave historical traces, and they have a visibility and durability that elude non-written rules. They thus provide rich data for an empirical probe into the dynamics...(展开全部)