Since its first appearance fifteen years ago, Why Parties? has become essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the nature of American political parties. In the interim, the party system has undergone some radical changes. In this landmark book, now rewritten for the new millennium, John H. Aldrich goes beyond the clamor of arguments over whether American political par...(展开全部)

Since its first appearance fifteen years ago, Why Parties? has become essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the nature of American political parties. In the interim, the party system has undergone some radical changes. In this landmark book, now rewritten for the new millennium, John H. Aldrich goes beyond the clamor of arguments over whether American political par...(展开全部)

John H. Aldrich is the Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science at Duke University. He is the author and coauthor of numerous books and articles, as well as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and recipient of the American Political Science Associations Samuel J. Eldersveld Career Achievement Award.

What has happened to the European radical left after the collapse of the USSR? How has it reacted, reformed, even revived? This new volume is the first to provide an extensive answer. It will focus both on communists and non-communists, and will address their non-parliamentary and international activity through a pan-European perspective. It will be of interest to students and ...(展开全部)

小瓦尔迪默•奥兰多•基（Valdimer Orlando Key, Jr.），美国著名政治学家。先后任教于加州大学洛杉矶分校、霍普金斯大学、耶鲁大学、哈佛大学，曾担任美国政治学会主席。主要著作有《政治、政党和压力集团》、《南方政治：州和国家》（Southern Politics in States and Nation）、《公共舆论与美国民主》（Public Opinion and American Democracy）等。

"Why?" is a book about the explanations we give and how we give them - a fascinating look at the way the reasons we offer every day are dictated by, and help constitute, social relationships. Written in an easy-to-read style by distinguished social historian Charles Tilly, the book explores the manner in which people claim, establish, negotiate, repair, rework, or terminate rel...(展开全部)

Why? is a book about the explanations we give and how we give them—a fascinating look at the way the reasons we offer every day are dictated by, and help constitute, social relationships. Written in an easy-to-read style by distinguished social historian Charles Tilly, the book explores the manner in which people claim, establish, negotiate, repair, rework, or terminate relatio...(展开全部)

A frog sits peacefully in a meadow. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, he is attacked by an umbrella-wielding mouse in a confrontation that quickly turns into a full-scale war.