Fengshu Liu situates the lives of Chinese youth and the growth of the Internet against the backdrop of rapid and profound social transformation in China. In 2008, the total of Internet users in China had reached 253 million (in comparison with 22.5 million in 2001). Yet, despite rapid growth, the Internet in China is so far a predominantly urban-youth phenomenon, with young peo...(展开全部)

Fengshu Liu situates the lives of Chinese youth and the growth of the Internet against the backdrop of rapid and profound social transformation in China. In 2008, the total of Internet users in China had reached 253 million (in comparison with 22.5 million in 2001). Yet, despite rapid growth, the Internet in China is so far a predominantly urban-youth phenomenon, with young peo...(展开全部)

The author presents his most famous, and infamous, cases and clients, and in the process, takes a critical, informed look at a legal system that he regards as deeply corrupt.

Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. This concise and engaging book examines the past trajectories, present conditions, and future prospects of Chinese urbanization, by investigating five key themes - ...(展开全部)

作者：彼得·桑德斯，萨塞克斯大学社会学荣誉教授，自由职业顾问，独立作家。曾任悉尼独立研究中心社会研究所主任，墨尔本的澳大利亚家庭研究所任调研经理。除《城市政治》之外，他还出版了多本著作，例如，《社会理论与城市问题》2013年、《重建业主之国：英国的房产权出了什么问题？如何根治》（2016年）、《平等行业的崛起》（2011年）、《社会流动的神话》（2010年）、《社会阶级及其划分》（2006年）。 译者：夏家驷，教授，文学硕士。现任北京理工大学珠海学院外国语学院英语系责任教授，广东省翻译协会第六届理事会理事。历任华南农业大学外国语学院副院长、英语系主任、英语专业首席教师、教学名师，历年国家社科基金通讯评委。华中师范大学外国语学院英语系77级、82届毕业生，上海复旦大学外文系孙骊教授的访问学者，美国加州理工州立大学高级访问学者。2017年与时汶共同出版专...(展开全部)

In this book, the author provides a critical examination and evaluation of a number of the central political questions currently being posed in urban studies. The book is divided into two interrelated sections. Part One critically discussed the theoretical problems raised by recent work in Britain, Europe and the United States and covers such issues as 'non-decision making' and...(展开全部)

Self to Self brings together essays on personal identity, autonomy, and moral emotions by the distinguished philosopher J. David Velleman. Although each of the essays was written as an independent piece, they are unified by an overarching thesis, that there is no single entity denoted by 'the self', as well as by themes from Kantian ethics, psychoanalytic theory, social psychol...(展开全部)

Offense-defense theory argues that the relative ease of offense and defense varies in international politics. When the offense has the advantage, military conquest becomes easier and war is more likely; the opposite is true when the defense has the advantage. The balance between offense and defense depends on geography, technology, and other factors. This theory, and the body o...(展开全部)