As socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era， China's agricultural and rural development has also ushered into a new stage. How to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively link them with the overall promotion of rural revitalization？ How to strengthen the weak links in agriculture and rural areas and promote balanced development between urban and rural areas？ What are the key aspects of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization and accelerating the agriculture modernization in rural areas？ This book focuses on the above issues and introduces the rural revitalization strategy， modernization of agriculture and rural development from five aspects as new agricultural business entities， rural social security system， rural culture and education， rural governance model， and the construction of beautiful village. On the one hand， the book systematically analyzes the policy evolution of China's rural development and comprehensively displays the great achievements of China's rural reform. On the other hand， it deeply discusses the shortcomings and weaknesses in China's rural development in the new era， and puts forward targeted countermeasures， so as to provide reference for comprehensively promoting rural revitalization， modernization of agriculture and rural development.

This book，guided by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China （CPC） and the speeches delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping，discusses the approaches to upholding and improving socialism with Chinese characteristics and modernizing the national governance system and capacity in the new era from thirteen aspects.It is of both theoretical and practical values and covers areas such as upholding and improving the systems and institutions for the CPC’s leadership，with enhanced capacity for the CPC to exercise power based on informed decisions，democratic processes and the rule of law;upholding and improving systems and institutions that ensure the people''s participation in the decision-making process，with continuous progress in socialist democracy;upholding and improving legal institutions under socialism with Chinese characteristics and building a higher level of the rule of law in China;upholding and improving the government administration system under socialism with Chinese characteristics;maintaining and improving the basic socialist economic system with continuous drive for quality growth.

What are the features of China's national governance in terms of its institutional design？ How does China organically integrate the Party， government agencies and diverse stakeholders such as market entities and social organizations to form the governance pattern of pluralism under one core and consultative co-governance？ How does it fulfill the people-centered idea in all fields and at all levels of national governance？ Focusing on those issues， this book analyzes a number of important aspects of China's national governance， including institutional building， administrative system， economic governance， social welfare， social governance， emergency management， ecological civilization， and governance tools. Adopting perspectives of public administration， political science， economics and other disciplines， this book puts forward many new ideas and concepts. It is a key to understanding the governance of China.

Constantly meeting the ever-growing needs of the people for a better life is fundamental to China's efforts to ensure， improve and develop livelihoods. This book analyzes the connotation of ensuring people's livelihood in China in the new era， discusses their material and cultural needs for a better life， and puts forward five essentials for ensuring livelihoods in China in the new era. It also demonstrates the great achievements in developing people's quality of life in China in six aspects： poverty alleviation， system of national education， full and high-quality employment， construction of the world's largest social security system， housing for all， and development of a healthy and beautiful China.With the multifaceted and well-balanced acceleration of its modernization， China has fully solved the enormous problem of providing basic necessities for over one billion people in the 20th century， and built a moderately prosperous society in all respects in the first two decades of the 21st century. Now， the Chinese people are striding forward towards a new era of common prosperity.

本书系中国农村改革四十年研究丛书中的一种。本书对改革开放四十年来我国农村的教育科学文化事业的发展历史进行全面梳理，总结和反思提高农民科学文化素质的成效和差距。本著作着眼于农民科学文化素质的提升来检视我国农村教育科学文化事业的整体发展情况。农民科学文化素质的提升，不仅包括识字率的提高，科学知识和技术的掌握，享有文化产品的丰富；更在于科学世界观的树立，科学素质和文化水平的提高，社会风气的改善，等等。本著作不仅从宏观上探讨国家相关政策的演变，运用相关统计数据来揭示总体发展状况，同时还运用丰富的案例来揭示我国农民科学文化素质的改变历程。

本书用充满活力和具有洞察力的语言，向学生和社会科学研究者介绍了个案研究的基础知识。书中采用了大量来自实际研究的案例，吸收了既往研究的经验，为采用个案研究方法的研究者提供了设计和进行个案研究的实用指南，尤其对管理和分析数据的方法进行了重点讲解。第二版增加了对与研究伦理相关的关键问题的讨论，并调整了严谨性、有效性、概括性和案例研究分析等相关主题的覆盖范围。它揭开了个案研究的神秘面纱，并回答了诸如以下重要问题：什么是个案研究？什么时候使用以及为什么要使用个案研究方法？个案研究是如何设计的？我们如何分析和理解我们的数据？我们如何撰写有关我们所用个案的信息？本书充满了现实研究中的实例和跨学科案例，对于人文社会科学领域的学生和研究人员而言，这本书是必不可少的阅读材料。

基于我国情境，本书全面、系统地进行了社会组织品牌化的主题研究，弥补了我国社会组织品牌化研究的理论与实证不足，为今后学界开展社会组织品牌研究提供了新的切入点和参考。全书共分８章，在文献综述、理论阐释等基础上，沿着由“质性” 到“量化”的研究逻辑，分别就社会组织品牌内化与品牌外化的结构维度和效能机理开展了专门化的实证研究，并在此基础上进行了相关讨论。本书内容系统且有针对性，不仅适合高校公共管理、社会学等相关领域的师生和研究人员阅读，也可作为社会组织从业人员学习和实践的参考资料。

尼尔·史密斯的这本代表作（第3版）对贫穷之于财富、工业化的城市之于衰退的农村如何塑造了景观的不平衡发展，资本主义制度史上特定的自然与空间如何进行再生产等问题进行了基于新马克思主义的明确阐述，从而成功解释了当代有关环境、政治与社会领域互相纠缠的众多问题，成为这一领域不可多得的经典之作。爱德华·萨义德称它是一个“富有才华的构想”。

本文集由作者历年发表的主要论文所组成，研究领域涵盖当代西方伦理学、分析哲学和心灵哲学，其研究内容则主要体现了当代西方哲学家和作者对规范性问题和规范性知识的不懈追求。本书含“知识问题研究”、“心身问题研究”、“元伦理学研究”、“规范伦理学研究”、“应用伦理学研究”等五辑，共收录论文40篇。

本书着重挖掘的是《西游记》文化中那些特别具有活力的、能够为人生问题提供答案或借鉴的部分。书分十九章，要义有三：意义的获得、认知的提升、关系的处理。它主要针对当代人普遍存在的三大人生问题：一是因科学昌明、信仰崩塌而带来的意义缺失；二是因知识爆炸、信息过剩而带来的认知焦虑；三是因身处群体、面对他人而带来人际困惑。作者一方面结合《西游记》本身所具有的中国传统文化特征，另一方面也广泛地引入、参考了认知学、心理学、社会学、博弈论等当代学科的成果，东西合璧、古今结合，使得读者在阅读中，不仅能够开启对《西游记》的崭新认识，还能获得对各自人生问题的有益启迪。