答谢词 第一章 美国政治中的中介组织 第一节 政治的和管理的环境 第二节 政党的定义和研究政党的方法 一、政党的定义 （一）入党的方法 （二）政党的目标 二、研究政党 政党的组成 第三节 政党的作用系统的功能 （一）支持民主 （二）管理冲突和促成冲突 （三）改善权力的分配 （四）监控“游戏规则” （五）增加选民 （六）征募和训练候选人 （七）增强竞选运动和通知投票人 第四节 党组织和与它们竞争的中介组织 一、利益集团的挑战 二、以候选人为中心的组织 三、媒体 四、顾问 第五节 政党的使命结束了吗？ 一、政党功能的衰微 二、执政党的衰落 三、选民中政党的消退 四、党组织的衰微 第六节 政党会迎来一个新时代吗？ 第七节 技术所扮演的角色 第八节 结论 第二章 美国政党制度的起源和发展． 第一节 1770—1824年：美国政党制度的第一阶段 第二节 182...(展开全部)

An NYRB Classics Original Simone Weil--philosopher, activist, mystic--is one of the most uncompromising of modern spiritual masters. In "On the Abolition of All Political Parties" she challenges the foundation of the modern liberal political order, making an argument that has particular resonance today, when the apathy and anger of the people and the self-serving partisanship o...(展开全部)

Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption and enormous inequality. Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences of our collective dependence on oil. It shapes the body politic both in regions such as the Middle East, which rely upon revenues from...(展开全部)

Does oil wealth lead to political poverty? It often looks that way, but Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story. In this magisterial study, Timothy Mitchell rethinks the history of energy, bringing into his grasp as he does so environmental politics, the struggle for democracy, and the place of the Middle East in the modern world. With the rise of coal power, the producers ...(展开全部)

In this magisterial study, Timothy Mitchell rethinks the history of energy, bringing into his grasp environmental politics, the struggle for democracy, and the place of the Middle East in the modern world. With the rise of coal power, the producers who oversaw its development acquired the ability to shut down energy systems, a threat they used to build the first mass democracie...(展开全部)

Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption and enormous inequality. Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences of our collective dependence on oil. It shapes the body politic both in regions such as the Middle East, which rely upon revenues from...(展开全部)

All too frequently, leadership is reduced to a simple dichotomy: the strong versus the weak. Yet, there are myriad ways to exercise effective political leadershipas well as different ways to fail. We blame our leaders for economic downfalls and praise them for vital social reforms, but rarely do we question what makes some leaders successful while others falter. In this magiste...(展开全部)