理查德•威尔金森（Richard Wilkinson），在社会因素对人类健康影响方面的研究领域成果卓著；曾在伦敦经济学院研究经济史，后修流行病学，现为诺丁汉大学医学院退休教授、伦敦大学学院荣誉教授及约克大学客座教授。 凯特•皮克特（Kate Pickett），约克大学流行病学教授，美国国立卫生研究院项目基金科学家，曾在剑桥大学研究身体人类学，在康奈尔大学研究营养科学，在加州大学伯克利分校研究流行病学。

理查德•威尔金森（Richard Wilkinson），在社会因素对人类健康影响方面的研究领域成果卓著；曾在伦敦经济学院研究经济史，后修流行病学，现为诺丁汉大学医学院退休教授、伦敦大学学院荣誉教授及约克大学客座教授。 凯特•皮克特（Kate Pickett），约克大学流行病学教授，美国国立卫生研究院项目基金科学家，曾在剑桥大学研究身体人类学，在康奈尔大学研究营养科学，在加州大学伯克利分校研究流行病学。

Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan? Why do Americans have higher rates of teenage pregnancy than the French? What makes the Swedish thinner than the Greeks? The answer: inequality. This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show: how almost everything - from life expectancy to depression levels, violence to illiteracy - i...(展开全部)

Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan? Why do Americans have higher rates of teenage pregnancy than the French? What makes the Swedish thinner than the Greeks? The answer: inequality. This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show: how almost everything - from life expectancy to depression levels, violence to illiteracy - i...(展开全部)

Why is the incidence of mental illness in the UK twice that in Germany? Why are Americans three times more likely than the Dutch to develop gambling problems? Why is child well-being so much worse in New Zealand than Japan? As this groundbreaking study demonstrates, the answer to all these hinges on inequality. In The Spirit Level Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett put inequali...(展开全部)

理查德•威尔金森（Richard Wilkinson），英国诺丁汉大学社会流行病学荣誉退休教授、伦敦大学学院公共卫生与流行病学荣誉教授、约克大学客座教授，2009年创立平等信托基金会（The Equality Trust），他在社会因素对人类健康影响方面的研究成果卓著。 凯特•皮克特（Kate Pickett），英国约克大学健康科学系流行病学教授、平等信托基金会联合创办人。曾在剑桥大学研究身体人类学，在康奈尔大学研究营养科学，在加州大学伯克利分校研究流行病学。

In this book, two renowned political scientists show how the rules of politics almost always favour leaders who ignore the national interest and focus on serving their own supporters. For eighteen years, political scientists Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team turning the conventional wisdom of politics on its head. In "The Dictator's Handbook" t...(展开全部)

布鲁斯·布鲁诺·德·梅斯奎塔，纽约大学政治学系Julius Silver讲座教授、亚历山大•汉密尔顿政治经济学研究中心主任和斯坦福大学胡佛研究所高级研究员。他通过设立于纽约的咨询公司长期担任美国政府国家安全事务方面的顾问，也为众多公司提供谈判指导与结果预测方面的咨询服务。梅斯奎塔1971年从密歇根大学获得政治科学博士学位。2001—2002年他担任国际研究学会主席。他是美国艺术与科学院院士、美国对外关系理事会会员以及古根海姆基金会学者。梅斯奎塔迄今出版了16本书，超过120篇论文，并在《纽约时报》、《洛杉矶时报》、《芝加哥论坛报》、《国际先驱论坛报》等报刊上发表过大量文章。 阿拉斯泰尔·史密斯，纽约大学政治学教授。他此前在圣路易斯华盛顿大学和耶鲁大学任教。他从美国罗彻斯特大学获得政治科学博士学位，从牛津大学获得化学学士学位。他从美国国家科学基金会获得...(展开全部)

In this title, two renowned political scientists make the contrarian, research-based case that - regardless of any other factors political scientists or historians may find relevant - the calculations and actions of rulers are the driving force of all politics, and the primary goal of rulers is to maintain power as long as possible. In this clever and accessible book, Bueno de ...(展开全部)

In this timely book, Cass R. Sunstein shows that organizations and nations are far more likely to prosper if they welcome dissent and promote openness. Attacking "political correctness" in all forms, Sunstein demonstrates that corporations, legislatures, even presidents are likely to blunder if they do not cultivate a culture of candor and disclosure. He shows that unjustified ...(展开全部)