Author: Michael MannPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107031184
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 845
Book Description
This second volume deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War.
The Sources of Social Power: Volume 2, The Rise of Classes and Nation-States, 1760-1914
Author: Michael MannPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107031184
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 845
Book Description
This second volume deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War.
The Sources of Social Power: Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760
Author: Michael MannPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521313490
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military and political - 'The Sources of Social Power' traces their interrelations throughout human history. Volume 2 deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War.
The Sources of Social Power: Volume 3, Global Empires and Revolution, 1890-1945
Author: Michael MannPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107028655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
This third volume of Michael Mann's analytical history of social power focuses on the interrelated development of capitalism, nation-states and empires.
An Anatomy of Power
Author: John A. HallPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139450700
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Michael Mann is one of the most influential sociologists of recent decades. His work has had a major impact in sociology, history, political science, international relations and other social science disciplines. His main work, The Sources of Social Power, of which two of three volumes have been completed, provides an all-encompassing account of the history of power from the beginnings of stratified societies to present day. Recently he has published two major works, Fascists and The Dark Side of Democracy. Yet unlike other contemporary social thinkers, Mann's work has not, until now, been systematically and critically assessed. This volume assembles a group of distinguished scholars to take stock, both of Mann's overall method and of his account of particular periods and historical cases. It also contains Mann's reply where he answers his critics and forcefully restates his position. This is a unique and provocative study for scholars and students alike.
Sources of Power
Author: Gary A. KleinPublisher:
ISBN: 9780262611466
Category : Decision making
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
An overview of naturalistic decision making, which views people as inherently skilled and experienced.
State Power and Social Forces
Author: Joel Samuel MigdalPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521467346
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This eminently readable 1994 collection of high-quality, country-specific essays on Third World politics provides, through a variety of well-integrated themes and approaches, an examination of 'state theory' as it has been practised in the past, and how it must be refined for the future. The contributors go beyond the previously articulated 'bringing the state back in' model to offer their own 'state-in-society' approach. They argue that states, which should be disaggregated for meaningful comparative study, are best analysed as parts of societies. States may help mould, but are also continually moulded by, the societies within which they are embedded. States' capacities, further, will vary depending on their ties to other social forces. And other social forces will be capable of being mobilised into political contention only under certain conditions. Political contention pitting states against other social forces may sometimes be mutually enfeebling, but at other times, mutually empowering.
Power in the 21st Century
Author: Michael MannPublisher: Polity
ISBN: 0745653227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Michael Mann is one of the most influential sociologists writing today. His three-volume work The Sources of Social Power, the third volume of which has just been completed, has transformed our way of thinking about power and has rewritten the history of human societies. No one interested in understanding how the modern world was shaped, how we got to where we are today, and where we're likely to be heading can afford to ignore this modern classic. Michael Mann is, as John Hall aptly describes him, "a Max Weber for our times." In this new book Michael Mann reflects on the meaning of his project as a whole, both as a contribution to social theory and as a guide to the options and constraints that face the contemporary world now and in the near future. He gives sustained attention to the situation of the United States, the nature of the challenge that may come from China, the unrestrained and perhaps unrestrainable power of finance, and the looming crisis of environmental degradation. This concise and accessible book is the ideal introduction to the work and thought of one of the most original social scientists in the world today. Students and scholars will find the book invaluable, and general readers will find in this book a clear and masterful guide to the key challenges we face in the years and decades ahead.
Creating Military Power
Author: Risa BrooksPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804768092
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Creating Military Power examines how societies, cultures, political structures, and the global environment affect countries' military organizations. Unlike most analyses of countries' military power, which focus on material and basic resources—such as the size of populations, technological and industrial base, and GNP—this volume takes a more expansive view. The study's overarching argument is that states' global environments and the particularities of their cultures, social structures, and political institutions often affect how they organize and prepare for war, and ultimately impact their effectiveness in battle. The creation of military power is only partially dependent on states' basic material and human assets. Wealth, technology, and human capital certainly matter for a country's ability to create military power, but equally important are the ways a state uses those resources, and this often depends on the political and social environment in which military activity takes place.
Power and Innocence
Author: Rollo MayPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393317039
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Stressing the positive, creative aspects of power and innocence, Rollo May offers a way of thinking about the problems of contemporary society. He discusses five levels of power's potential in each individual, what each is, how it works, and more.
Power in Movement
Author: Sidney TarrowPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521629478
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Unlike political or economic institutions, social movements have an elusive power, but one that is no less real. From the French and American revolutions through the democratic and workers' movements of the nineteenth century to the totalitarian movements of today, movements exercise a fleeting but powerful influence on politics and society. This study surveys the history of the social movement, puts forward a theory of collective action to explain its surges and declines, and offers an interpretation of the power of movement that emphasises its effects on personal lives, policy reforms and political culture. While covering cultural, organisational and personal sources of movements' power, the book emphasises the rise and fall of social movements as part of political struggle and as the outcome of changes in political opportunity structure.