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1、Downloadedby[ShanghaiJiaotongUniversity]at22:4004November2012AGeneralTheoryofInstitutionalChangeInstitutionalchangeisacentraldrivingforcebehindsocialchanges,andthusacentraltopicinallmajorfieldsofsocialsciences.Yet,nogeneraltheoryofinstitutionalchangeexists.
2、Drawingfromadiverseliterature,thisbookdevelopsageneraltheoryofinstitutionalchange,basedonasocialevolutionarysynthesisoftheconflictapproachandtheharmonyapproach.Thebookarguesthatbecausethewholeprocessofinstitutionalchangecanbeunderstoodasaprocessofselectinga
3、fewideasandturningthemintoinstitutions,competitionofideasandstruggleforpowertomakerulesareoftenattheheartofinstitutionalchange.Thegeneraltheorynotonlyintegratesmorespecifictheoriesandinsightsoninsti-tutionalchangethathavebeenscatteredindifferentfieldsintoac
4、oherentgeneraltheory,butalsoprovidesfundamentalnewinsightsandpointstonewdirectionsforfutureresearch.Thisbookmakesafundamentalcontributiontoallmajorfieldsofsocialsciences:sociology(sociologicaltheory),politicalsciences,institutionalecono-mics,andpoliticalthe
5、ory.Itshouldbeofgeneralinteresttoscholarsandstudentsinallmajorfieldsofsocialscience.ShipingTangisProfessorattheSchoolofInternationalRelationsandPublicAffairs(SIRPA),FudanUniversity,Shanghai,China.Hehasaverybroadresearchinterestandhaspublishedwidely.Hismostr
6、ecentpublicationsincludeATheoryofSecurityStrategyforOurTime:DefensiveRealism(PalgraveMacmillan,2010),andarticlesintheEuropeanJournalofInternationalRelations,InternationalStudiesReview,JournalofEconomicIssues,PhilosophyoftheSocialSciences,andSecurityStudies.
7、Heisnowworkingonanotherbook,SocialEvolutionofInternationalPolitics.Downloadedby[ShanghaiJiaotongUniversity]at22:4004November2012RoutledgeStudiesintheModernWorldEconomy1InterestRatesandBudgetDeficits8WorkingintheMacroEconomyAstudyoftheadvancedeconomiesAstudy
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