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约翰·密尔（John Stuart Mill，1806----1873），生于英国伦敦，英国哲学家、经济学家、著名的自由主义法学家。自幼在父亲的严厉管教下受教于英国和法国，为《旅行者》、《编年史早报》、《威斯敏斯特评论》、《法学家》等刊物撰稿多年后，应聘主编《伦敦评论》。在此期间的著述后被收入《论文集》中（1859）。密尔主要著作有《逻辑方法》（1843）、《政治经济学原理》（1848）、《妇女屈从》（1869）、《论自由》（1859）、《代议制政府》（1861）等。其中《代议制政府》是西方第一部论述代议制的专著，是密尔政治思想特别是国家理论的一部重要著作。约翰.密尔的代议制理论主要包括代议制政府的形式、职能、民主制、选举权、议会以及地方代表机关和民族等问题。

The French political philosopher and historian Francois Guizot (1787-1874) was one of the French Doctrinaires, thinkers who sought to avoid the interpretations of the Revolution advanced by either extreme of Left or Right. He argued that in order to understand the nature of political institutions it is necessary to study first the society, its composition, and the relation betw...(展开全部)

本書是一部語不驚人死不休的科幻小說。在作者幻想的世界裡，巨型企業控制了整個社會運作：政府不再徵稅，上班族直接冠上雇主公司的名字作為姓氏，維持治安的工作完全由公開上市的保全公司負責，除非能找到公民付帳，否則政府絕不主動偵查犯罪—這是一個自由市場機制獲得全面勝利的恐怖世界。

The mayor and local officials of a small provincial town in Russia have got it made: corruption is rife and they have all the power. Yet, when they learn that an undercover government inspector is about to make a visit, they face a mad dash to cover their tracks. Soon, the news that a suspicious person has recently arrived from St Petersburg and is staying in a local inn produc...(展开全部)

'The Essential Plotinus is a lifesaver. For many years my students in Greek and Roman Religion have depended on it to understand the transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages. The translation is crisp and clear, and the excerpts are just right for an introduction to Plotionus's many-layered view of the world and humankind's place in it' - F. E. Romer, University of Arizona

This is the revised version of Peter Laslett's acclaimed edition of Two Treatises of Government, which is widely recognised as one of the classic pieces of recent scholarship in the history of ideas, read and used by students of political theory throughout the world. This 1988 edition revises Dr Laslett's second edition (1970) and includes an updated bibliography, a guide to fu...(展开全部)

"A how-to manual for a local or state government that wants to redesign its budget to emphasize and maximize results" ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune ) Already adopted by city governments across the country, this long-awaited paperback edition puts David Osborne and Peter Hutchinson's renowned guide into the hands of all state and local governments facing fiscal crisis. In a time ...(展开全部)