In Politics in Hard Times, Peter Gourevitch explores the common political factors that shape economic policy choices. He focuses on three periods of economic crisis--1873-1896, 1929-1949, and 1971 to the present--and compares policy choices made in Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United States.

Why do some leaders and segments of the public display remarkable persistence in confrontations in international politics, while others cut and run? The answer given by policymakers, pundits, and political scientists usually relates to issues of resolve. Yet, though we rely on resolve to explain almost every phenomenon in international politics—from prevailing at the bargaining...(展开全部)

马太·杜甘（Mattei Dogan），法国当今最著名的政治学家和社会学家之一，目前任国家科学研究中心（巴黎）主任、国际社会学学会比较社会学研委会主席。杜甘博士1973～1990年任美国加州大学洛杉矶分校政治学系教授及国际社会学学会比较社会学委员会主席；曾任国际政治学学会政治精英研委会主席、比较研究理事会成员、国际社会学学会社会生态研委会主席等重要职务。他还曾在特兰托大学（意大利）、印第安那大学、耶鲁大学、统计数学研究所（东京）及佛罗伦萨大学担任学术职务。由杜甘博士所创立的巴黎马太·杜甘基金会是经法国政府认可的正式基金会，它的目标是推进社会科学的不断发展。 杜甘博士编著及参与编著过25本专著，撰写了上百篇学术论文。他最为知名的作品包括《法国面临的政治问题》、《社会科学的数量生态学分析》、《西欧标准语》、《政治社会学比较研究》、《政治社会学国际比较》、...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Kate Flint.

Hard Times is Dickens's shortest novel, and arguably his greatest triumph. A useful appendix of the author's working notes, together with an enlightening introduction and full explanatory notes, will ensure that this edition becomes the obvious choice for anyone studying the novel. Paul Schlike is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 10...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Kate Flint.

Hard Times is Dickens's shortest novel, and arguably his greatest triumph. A useful appendix of the author's working notes, together with an enlightening introduction and full explanatory notes, will ensure that this edition becomes the obvious choice for anyone studying the novel. Paul Schlike is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 10...(展开全部)

Reason, Facts, and statistics... Dickensa scathing portrait of Victorian industrial society and its misapplied utilitarian philosophy, "Hard Times" features schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind, one of his most richly dimensional, memorable characters. Filled with the details and wonders of small-town life, it is also a daring novel of ideasaand ultimately, a celebration of love, hop...(展开全部)

罗伯特·J·阿特（Robert J. Art），美国布兰代斯大学国际关系教授，哈佛大学博士，专长于国际关系、美国对外政策和国家安全政策研究。2006年荣获国际研究协会（International Studies Association）颁发的杰出学者奖。 罗伯特·杰维斯（Robert Jervis），美国著名国际政治学学者。加州大学伯利克分校政治学博士，先后在哈佛大学、耶鲁大学、加州大学洛杉矶分校执教。美国科学进步协会会员，美国艺术科学院院士，1988 —1989 年任美国政治学会副会长，2000 —2001年担任美国政治学会主席。 译者 陈积敏，男，中共中央党校国际战略研究所助理研究员、法学博士。著有《非法移民与美国国家战略》。 聂文娟，女，外交学院国际关系研究所讲师、法学博士。 张键，男，中国国际问题研究所亚太研究部助理研究员、法学博士。

This study of perception and misperception in foreign policy was a landmark in the application of cognitive psychology to political decision making. The New York Times called it, in an article published nearly ten years after the book's appearance, "the seminal statement of principles underlying political psychology." The perspective established by Jervis remains an important c...(展开全部)