An anatomy of power
Subtitle: the social theory of Michael Mann
By: edited by John A. Hall, Ralph Schroeder.
Contributors: Hall, John A., 1949-; Schroeder, Ralph.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780521615181; 9780521850001
Subjects: Mann, Michael, -- 1942- -- Criticism and interpretation; Sociology -- Philosophy; Power (Social sciences); Social sciences -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mann's transformation of the classic sociological traditions / Randall Collins; title: Political questions / John A. Hall; title: Mann's microfoundations: addressing neo-Weberian dilemmas / Edgar Kiser; title: Grand, yet grounded: ontology, theory, and method in Michael Mann's historical sociology / Joseph Bryant; title: Mann's theory of ideological power: sources, applications, and elaborations / Philip S. Gorski; title: Political power un-manned: a defence of the Holy Trinity from Mann's military attack / Gianfranco Poggi; title: Mann, the state, and war / John M. Hobson; title: Infrastructural power, economic transformation, and globalization / Linda Weiss; title: From theory to history: "The European dynamic" or feudalism to capitalism? / Robert Brenner; title: The rise of the West / Stephan R. Epstein; title: A historical, not comparative method: breakthroughs and limitations in the theory and methodology of Michael Mann's analysis of power / Jack A. Goldstone; title: The "British" sources of social power: reflections on history, sociology, and intellectual biography / Frank Trentmann; title: Networks and ideologies: the fusion of "is" and "ought" as a means to social power / Jack Snyder; title: Mann's dark side: linking democracy and genocide / David Laitin; title: The success of social power revisited: a response to criticism / Michael Mann.