我的第二本英文专著A General Theory of Institutional Change《制度变迁的广义理论》已经由著名的Routledge/Taylor & Francis出版社于2011年1月出版。

我在亚马逊上的“作者网页”（author center）: http://www.amazon.com/Shiping-Tang/e/B00357P4MY

本书发展了一个关于制度变迁的广义理论。它覆盖了政治学、社会学、制度经济学和与部分政治理论。

本书是我过去五年的三个最重要的作品之一(另外两个是“社会科学的基础范式”和“国际政治的社会进化”

Institutional change is a central driving force behind social changes, and thus a central topic in all major fields of social sciences. Yet, no general theory of institutional change exists.

Drawing from a diverse literature, this book develops a general theory of institutional change, based on a social evolutionary synthesis of the conflict approach and the harmony approach. The book argues that because the whole process of institutional change can be understood as a process of selecting a few ideas and turning them into institutions, competition of ideas and struggle for power to make rules are often at the heart of institutional change. The general theory not only integrates more specific theories and insights on institutional change that have been scattered in different fields into a coherent general theory but also provides fundamental new insights and points to new directions for future research.

This book makes a fundamental contribution to all major fields of social sciences: sociology (sociological theory), political sciences, institutional economics, and political theory. It should be of general interest to scholars and students in all major fields of social science.

为了便于读者了解书的大体思想，这篇工作论文概述了本书的一部分思想。

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