美国华盛顿州立大学政治学博士，国际著名中国问题实证研究专家，现任美国爱达荷州立大学研究生院院长，威廉·博拉政治学教授。 长期从事比较政治学和中国政治的实证研究，尤其是在中国民意调查研究方面成就斐然。2009年受聘为教育部长江学者，上海交通大学讲座教授。 出版著作多部：《中国民众政治支持的测量与分析》（斯坦福大学出版社，2004）、《国家的盟友：私营企业家和中国的政治变迁》（哈佛大学出版社，2010），《见风使舵的民主派：中国的中产阶级》（牛津大学出版社，2011）.

Has the current political system in the People’s Republic of China lost its legitimacy in the eyes of the Chinese public? On the basis of three carefully drawn surveys of Beijing residents between 1995 and 1999, the author finds that diffuse support for the current political system—based on attitudes toward institutions and values—remains strong, at least among city-dwellers, t...(展开全部)

Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. This concise and engaging book examines the past trajectories, present conditions, and future prospects of Chinese urbanization, by investigating five key themes - ...(展开全部)

罗友枝（Evelyn S. Rawski），匹兹堡大学历史系教授，研究方向为近代东亚和中国近代史，着重于大众史、大众文化和社会礼俗史的研究，著有《中国南方的农业变化与农业经济》《清代中国的教育与大众文化》及《十八世纪的中国社会》(合著)等。 黎安友（Andrew J. Nathan），哥伦比亚大学政治学系教授、东亚研究所主任，研究方向为中国政治与外交政策、比较政治等，著有《中国的民主》《中国政治变迁之路》《长城与空城计：中国寻求安全的战略》等。 姜士彬（David G. Johnson），加州大学伯克利分校中国研究中心教授，早年专注中古中国士族研究，近年关注明清大众文化研究，著有《中古中国的寡头政治》《景观与祭祀：中国北方乡村生活的仪式基础》等。

The institution of local festivals and temples is not as well known as that of ancestor worship, but it is just as much a universal fact of Chinese life. Its content is an imperial metaphor, which stands in relation to the rest of its participants' lives as the poetry of collective vision, theatrically performed, built and painted in temples, carved and clothed in statues. Step...(展开全部)

王斯福（Stephan Feuchtwang）现为伦敦经济学院（LSE）人类学系兼职教授。研究领域包括人类学理论与中国民间宗教、各文明之比较研究与历史人类学。最近的出版物包括有其作为主编的论文集《制造地点：国家计划、全球化与中国的地方反应》（Making Place: State projects, globalisation and local responses in China, UCL Press 2004）、与王铭铭合写的著作《基层卡理斯玛：中国的四种地方领袖》（Grassroots Charisma: Four local leaders in China, Routledge 2001），另外，还有最近发表在《皇家人类学刊》上的论文“论作为顺从与过度交流的宗教仪式”（'On religious ritual as deference a...(展开全部)

A basic fact of Chinese social life and history is the institution of territorial cults and their festivals. They are highpoints of social life. They portray and punctuate a sense of life and death and present a whole picture of Chinese political relations as seen at their popular roots. The images of demons and ghosts and those of protectors against them which festivals and th...(展开全部)

Lala (lesbian) and gay communities in mainland China have emerged rapidly in the 21st century. Alongside new freedoms and modernizing reforms, and with mainstream media and society increasingly tolerant, lalas still experience immense family and social pressures to a degree that this book argues is deeply gendered. The first anthropological study to examine everyday lala lives,...(展开全部)