UID:
edocfu_9960117458602883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 335 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-316-57064-9
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1-316-57295-1
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1-316-09116-3
Content:
Michael Mann is a central figure in contemporary sociology. His analysis of how the four sources of social power - ideological, economic, military and political - have shaped world history is a major contribution to social science. In this volume, distinguished scholars assess Mann's work, focusing on his final two volumes of Sources of Social Power, which deal with the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. They tackle some of the major themes in Mann's work including globalisation, American empire and the recent financial crisis. They also question his stance on some perennial topics in sociology: is the trajectory of American society 'exceptional'? How is military power different from the other sources of power? What is the role of agency and ideology in social change? How do the relations between states affect domestic social development? Global Powers will provoke debate among all those interested in understanding the next phase of globalisation.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2016).
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Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Part I Theory and history -- 2 The evolution of the sources of social power, and some extensions -- 3 The return of big historical sociology -- 4 Taming the chief: from evolutionary theory to political ideology -- Part II Political, economic, military and ideological questions -- 5 On political decency -- 6 Mann on neoliberalism -- 7 Nationalism and military power in the twentieth century and beyond -- 8 History, historical sociology and the problem of ideology: the cases of communism and neoliberalism -- 9 Mann's globalizations and their limits -- Part III American exceptionalism -- 10 Ethnicity, class and the social sources of US exceptionalism -- 11 Mann's big picture of US social citizenship: "Road to World Empire" with Bob Hope -- Part IV Empire -- 12 Mann and the problem of empire -- 13 Hegemonic power during the Cold War and beyond -- 14 The last empire? American power, liberalism, and world order -- Part V Response -- 15 Response to the critics -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-08614-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-45056-X
Language:
English
