弗兰克·韦伯斯特（Frank Webster）国际著名社会学家，现任伦敦大学社会学系系主任，其研究聚焦于信息与传播，以及高科技对图书馆、城市变迁的影响。《信息社会理论》(第三版)作为其经典的代表性成果，影响广泛。最近几年以来，他致力于通过检视反战运动如何采用信息传播新科技来洞察网络行动主义，并联合凯文·吉莉安和詹尼·皮克林撰写了《反战行动主义：信息时代的新媒体与抵制》。韦伯斯特的若干论著探索了信息科技与当代社会的变化趋势，他反对把信息社会视为彻底改变了的新社会形态，始终秉持此时的信息社会不过是既有资本主义的延续与强化，信息资本主义就是公司资本主义的发展而已。

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This classic text explores the lives and ideas of the social thinkers who have shaped and continue to forge traditions in sociology. Focusing on the great names in the field, it weaves biographical and conceptual details into a tapestry of the history of social thought of the 19th and 20th centuries. Written in a narrative style that is accessible and exciting, this text serves...(展开全部)

This brief and flexible introductory level text is designed to illustrate the power of logic as a tool for critical thinking in various facets of life by increasing students' ability to understand, analyze, evaluate, and construct arguments. The Power of Logic provides balanced coverage of informal logic, traditional categorical logic, and modern symbolic logic. The authors' di...(展开全部)

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This brief and flexible introductory level text is designed to illustrate the power of logic as a tool for critical thinking in various facets of life by increasing students' ability to understand, analyze, evaluate, and construct arguments. The Power of Logic provides balanced coverage of informal logic, traditional categorical logic, and modern symbolic logic. The authors' di...(展开全部)

The most comprehensive and authoritative single volume text on the subject, the fourth edition of the acclaimed Oxford Handbook of Criminology combines masterly reviews of all the key topics with extensive references to aid further research. In addition to the history of the discipline and reviews of different theoretical perspectives, the book provides up-to-date reviews of di...(展开全部)

The most comprehensive and authoritative single volume text on the subject, the fourth edition of the acclaimed Oxford Handbook of Criminology combines masterly reviews of all the key topics with extensive references to aid further research. In addition to the history of the discipline and reviews of different theoretical perspectives, the book provides up-to-date reviews of di...(展开全部)

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