Based on more than three decades of observation, Robert Jervis concludes in this provocative book that the very foundations of many social science theories - especially those in political science - are faulty. Taking insights from complexity theory as his point of departure, the author observes that we live in a world where things are interconnected, where unintended consequenc...(展开全部)

罗伯特·杰维斯 生于1940年，1968年在加州大学伯克利分校获博士学位，1968-1974年在哈佛大学任教。现为哥伦比亚大学史蒂文森（Adlai E. Stevenson）国际政治学讲座教授，是美国国际关系学界最有影响的学者之一。杰维斯是美国科学促进会和美国艺术与科学院成员，担任过美国政治学会主席。他的著作包括《国际政治中的知觉与错误知觉》（1976年）、《核革命的意义》（1989年）、《系统效应：政治与社会生活中的复杂性》（1997年）和《新时代的美国对外政策》（2005年）等。

彼得·M.布劳(Peter M.Blau.1918—2002)，美国当代著名社会学家，曾先后任教于康乃尔大学、芝加哥大学和哥伦比亚大学，曾任美国社会学协会主席。布劳的学术影响广泛而深刻。他是交换关系的微观社会学研究的创始人，并且在阶层分析理论、组织社会学等领域中有很大的影响。其他著作有《官僚组织动力学》、《不平等和异质性》和《机会的结构脉络》等。

'The men of culture are the true apostles of equality.' Matthew Arnold's famous series of essays, which were first published in book form under the title Culture and Anarchy in 1869, debate important questions about the nature of culture and society that are as relevant now as they have ever been. Arnold seeks to find out 'what culture really is, what good it can do, what is ou...(展开全部)

Matthew Arnold's famous series of essays, which were first published in book form under the title Culture and Anarchy in 1869, debate important questions about the nature of culture and society. Arnold seeks to find out what culture really is, what good it can do, and if it is really necessary. He contrasts culture, which he calls the study of perfection, with anarchy, the mood...(展开全部)

What makes populations stabilize? What makes them fluctuate? Are populations in complex ecosystems more stable than populations in simple ecosystems? In 1973. Robert May addressed these questions in this classic book. May investigated the mathematical roots of population dynamics and argued - counter to most current biological thinking - that complex ecosystems in themselves do...(展开全部)

让·爱尔斯坦（Jean Bethke Elshtain，1941-2013），美国艺术与科学学院院士，著名的评论家、政治哲学家和公共知识分子，在宗教学、政治学、伦理学等领域均享有盛名。一生所获荣誉无数，其中包括“古根海姆学者”，美国政治学会的“古德诺奖”。曾任芝加哥大学神学院社会与政治伦理学洛克菲勒讲席教授，同时也在芝加哥大学政治学系任教。著有 Women and War; Just War Theory; Democracy on Trial 等作品。《公共的男人，私人的女人》是她的代表作。

让·爱尔斯坦（Jean Bethke Elshtain，1941-2013），美国艺术与科学学院院士，著名的评论家、政治哲学家和公共知识分子，在宗教学、政治学、伦理学等领域均享有盛名。一生所获荣誉无数，其中包括“古根海姆学者”，美国政治学会的“古德诺奖”。曾任芝加哥大学神学院社会与政治伦理学洛克菲勒讲席教授，同时也在芝加哥大学政治学系任教。著有 Women and War; Just War Theory; Democracy on Trial 等作品。《公共的男人，私人的女人》是她的代表作。

David Martin Jones examines how China has been portrayed in European and subsequently North American social and political thought and what, if anything, this depiction tells us about the character of this thought. Such a question immediately evokes the spectre of orientalism and subsequent chapters explore whether the identification of an orientalist project invalidates the kno...(展开全部)

How are peoples' ideas about languages, ways of speaking and expressive styles shaped by their social positions and values? How is difference, in language and in social life, made - and unmade? How and why are some differences persuasive as the basis for action, while other differences are ignored or erased? Written by two recognised authorities on language and culture, this bo...(展开全部)