A long-awaited second edition to a ground-breaking publication, The New Politics of Disablement has been extensively updated and revitalized to reflect the development in social theory and the understandings of disablement. With a new global angle, it is an essential discourse for anyone interested in disability issues.

The welfare states of the affluent democracies now stand at the centre of political discussion and social conflict. In these path-breaking essays, an international team of leading analysts rejects simplistic claims about the impact of economic 'globalization'. Economic, demographic, and social pressures on the welfare state are very real, but many of the most fundamental challe...(展开全部)

This is an exploration of the ambivalent relationship between revolutionary politics and modernist or avant-garde art. Williams clarifies many of the issues that have dogged recent critical discussion: the term “modernism” itself; the distinction between modernism and avant garde; and the possibility of a cultural theory “beyond the modern” which avoids the pitfalls of postmode...(展开全部)

This is an exploration of the ambivalent relationship between revolutionary politics and modernist or avant-garde art. Williams clarifies many of the issues that have dogged recent critical discussion: the term “modernism” itself; the distinction between modernism and avant garde; and the possibility of a cultural theory “beyond the modern” which avoids the pitfalls of postmode...(展开全部)

雷蒙德·威廉斯是英国著名的马克思主义文艺理论家。他生于1921年，在剑桥大学担任了多年的戏剧教授，直到1983年退休。他于1988年去世。他的主要著作有《文化与社会》(1958)、《马克思主义与文学》(1977)、《政治与文学》(1979)、《唯物主义和文化问题》(1980)及《希望的资源》(1989)等。此外，他还写过几部小说。特里·伊格尔顿称他是“能将理性与情感罕见地结合起来的作家”。

"Thirty-five years ago few could have predicted that "The New Science of Politics" would be a best-seller by political theory standards. Compressed within the Draconian economy of the six Walgreen lectures is a complete theory of man, society, and history, presented at the most profound and intellectual level. . . . Voegelin's [work] stands out in bold relief from much of what ...(展开全部)

作者简介：沃格林（Eric Voegelin，1901-1985）/ 20世纪西方著名的政治哲学家。在实证主义政治科学独领风骚的年代里，沃格林凭借渊博的学问和深刻的见识，对人之本性、处境和命运进行了深邃的思考和探索，试图恢复对政治事务之本质的洞察，重建真正的政治科学。沃格林生前发表了上百篇论文和多种著作，其中以《新政治科学》和《秩序与历史》最为著名，现有英文版《沃格林全集》34卷行世。 译者简介：段保良 / 政治学博士，执教于陕西师范大学，主要研究领域为政治哲学，西方政治思想史。

"Thirty-five years ago few could have predicted that "The New Science of Politics" would be a best-seller by political theory standards. Compressed within the Draconian economy of the six Walgreen lectures is a complete theory of man, society, and history, presented at the most profound and intellectual level. . . . Voegelin's [work] stands out in bold relief from much of what ...(展开全部)

作者简介：沃格林（Eric Voegelin，1901-1985）/ 20世纪西方著名的政治哲学家。在实证主义政治科学独领风骚的年代里，沃格林凭借渊博的学问和深刻的见识，对人之本性、处境和命运进行了深邃的思考和探索，试图恢复对政治事务之本质的洞察，重建真正的政治科学。沃格林生前发表了上百篇论文和多种著作，其中以《新政治科学》和《秩序与历史》最为著名，现有英文版《沃格林全集》34卷行世。 译者简介：段保良 / 政治学博士，执教于陕西师范大学，主要研究领域为政治哲学，西方政治思想史。

This book examines contemporary changes in labor market institutions in the United States, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, focusing on developments in three arenas - industrial relations, vocational education and training, and labor market policy. While confirming a broad, shared liberalizing trend, it finds that there are in fact distinct varieties of liberaliza...(展开全部)