Global Powers

Herausgeber: Schroeder, Ralph

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9781107086142
• ISBN-10: 1107086140
• Artikelnr.: 44267512

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Ralph Schroeder; Part I. Theory and History: 2. The
evolution of the sources of social power and some extensions Risto
Heiskala; 3. The return of big historical sociology Dennis Smith; 4. Taming
the chief: from evolutionary theory to political ideology Georgi
Derluguian, Timothy Earle and Will Reno; Part II. Political, Economic,
Military and Ideological Questions: 5. On political decency John A. Hall;
6. Mann on neoliberalism Monica Prasad; 7. Nationalism and military power
in the twentieth century and beyond Sinia Maleevi¿; 8. History,
historical sociology and the problem of ideology: the cases of communism
and neoliberalism David Priestland; 9. Mann's globalisations and their
limits Ralph Schroeder; Part III. American Exceptionalism: 10. Ethnicity,
class and the social sources of US exceptionalism Liliana Riga; 11. Mann's
big picture of US social citizenship: 'Road to World Empire' with Bob Hope
Edwin Amenta; Part IV. Empire: 12. Mann and the problem of Empire John
Darwin; 13. Hegemonic power during the Cold War and beyond Odd Arne Westad;
14. The last Empire? American power, liberalism and world order G. John
Ikenberry; Part V. Response: 15. Response to the critics Michael Mann.