Contributor
Hall, John A., 1949-
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Descriptionix, 409 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Mann's transformation of the classic sociological traditions / Randall Collins. - Political questions / John A. Hall. - Mann's microfoundations: addressing neo-Weberian dilemmas / Edgar Kiser. - Grand, yet grounded: ontology, theory, and method in Michael Mann's historical sociology / Joseph Bryant. - Mann's theory of ideological power: sources, applications, and elaborations / Philip S. Gorski. - Political power un-manned: a defence of the Holy Trinity from Mann's military attack / Gianfranco Poggi. - Mann, the state, and war / John M. Hobson. - Infrastructural power, economic transformation, and globalization / Linda Weiss. - From theory to history: "The European dynamic" or feudalism to capitalism? / Robert Brenner. - The rise of the West / Stephan R. Epstein. - A historical, not comparative method: breakthroughs and limitations in the theory and methodology of Michael Mann's analysis of power / Jack A. Goldstone. - The 'British' sources of social power: reflections on history, sociology, and intellectual biography / Frank Trentmann. - Networks and ideologies: the fusion of "is" and "ought" as a means to social power / Jack Snyder. - Mann's dark side: linking democracy and genocide / David Laitin. - The sources of social power revisited: a response to criticism / Michael Mann.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-399) and index.
