Since their classic volume The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes was published in 1978, Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan have increasingly focused on the questions of how, in the modern world, nondemocratic regimes can be eroded and democratic regimes crafted. In Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation, they break new ground in numerous areas. They reconceptualize the m...(展开全部)

Since their classic volume The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes was published in 1978, Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan have increasingly focused on the questions of how, in the modern world, nondemocratic regimes can be eroded and democratic regimes crafted. In Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation, they break new ground in numerous areas. They reconceptualize the m...(展开全部)

From a leading scholar of our country’s foreign policy, the brilliant essay about America and the world that has caused a storm in international circles now expanded into book form. European leaders, increasingly disturbed by U.S. policy and actions abroad, feel they are headed for what the New York Times (July 21, 2002) describes as a “moment of truth.” After years of mutual ...(展开全部)

From a leading scholar of our country’s foreign policy, the brilliant essay about America and the world that has caused a storm in international circles now expanded into book form. European leaders, increasingly disturbed by U.S. policy and actions abroad, feel they are headed for what the New York Times (July 21, 2002) describes as a “moment of truth.” After years of mutual ...(展开全部)

彼得·伯格（Peter Berger） 国际知名的社会学家、宗教学家，现象社会学主要代表人物，新保守主义的代言人之一。美国波士顿大学文化、宗教和世界事务研究所前主任，曾先后任教于纽约社会研究学院、北卡罗来纳大学等多所大学。伯格学术兴趣广泛，思路开阔，著作颇丰，在宗教、世俗化、多元性、“全球化的多样性”等方面均有论著，内容涉及社会学、宗教学、神学、经济学和政治学等诸多领域，在西方人文社科界引起了持久的关注和影响。与德国社会学家托马斯·卢克曼合著的《现实的社会构建》，被认为是知识社会学领域的里程碑式著作；所撰《神圣的帷幕：宗教社会学的基本理论要素》被奉为堪与韦伯《新教伦理与资本主义精神》相媲美的经典；代表作另有《知识社会学：社会实体的建构》《与社会学同游：人文主义视角》《疑之颂：如何信而不狂》等。 格雷斯·戴维（Grace Davie） 英国著名宗教社...(展开全部)

Europe is a relatively secular part of the world in global terms. Why is this so? And why is the situation in Europe so different from that in the United States? These are the key questions considered in this book; key questions (the theme) clearly articulated in the first chapter.Subsequent chapters explore the nature of Eurosecularity in more detail (the variations on the the...(展开全部)

This book depicts the Early Modern book markets in Europe and colonial Latin America. The nature of book production and distribution in this period resulted in the development of a truly international market. The integration of the book market was facilitated by networks of printers and booksellers, who were responsible for the connection of distant places, as well as local pro...(展开全部)