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. In this volume, his work has been systematically and critically assessed by distinguished scholars who take stock of Mann's overall method and of his account of particular periods and historical cases. This timely volume also contains Mann's reply where he answers his critics and forcefully restates his position. It will appeal to scholars across the social sciences.
Author(s): John A. Hall, Ralph Schroeder
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 420
Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Figures......Page 9
Contributors......Page 10
1 Introduction: the IEMP model and its critics......Page 13
Overview of the contributions......Page 21
Acknowledgements......Page 27
References......Page 28
2 Mann’s transformation of the classic sociological traditions......Page 31
From Marxian class conflict to Weberian three-dimensional stratification to Mann’s four power networks......Page 32
Globalizing the unit of analysis......Page 35
The rise of the military-centred, tax-extracting, society-penetrating state......Page 39
The mobilization of modern social conflict......Page 41
References......Page 44
Max Weber and Michael Mann......Page 45
An English social democrat......Page 48
Negative critique: the theory and practice of socialism......Page 54
Positive critique: nationalism and liberalism......Page 58
Decency and sympathy, Europe and America......Page 60
Conclusion......Page 62
Notes......Page 63
References......Page 66
4 Mann’s microfoundations: addressing neo-Weberian dilemmas......Page 68
The Weberian heritage: multiple microfoundations from both theoretical and empirical sources......Page 69
Cultural Weberianism......Page 71
Structural Weberianism......Page 72
Analytical Weberianism......Page 73
Mann’s solutions......Page 74
Mann’s use of multiple microfoundations......Page 75
Mann’s use of verstehen......Page 78
Conclusion......Page 79
Notes......Page 80
References......Page 81
5 Grand, yet grounded: ontology, theory, and method in Michael Mann’s historical sociology......Page 83
Foundations: Mann’s ‘organizational materialist’ ontology......Page 84
Analytics: a theory of social power......Page 86
Practice: Mann’s historical-sociological method......Page 90
Performance: on the hazards of analytical ‘tacking’......Page 98
Coda......Page 106
Notes......Page 107
References......Page 108
Ideological power: sources and silences......Page 113
The Protestant ethic revised: ideological power and the rise of the West......Page 118
The end of ideology? Ideological power and ‘causal primacy’......Page 129
Summary and conclusion......Page 140
Notes......Page 143
References......Page 144
7 Political power un-manned: a defence of the Holy Trinity from Mann’s military attack......Page 147
References......Page 160
8 Mann, the state and war......Page 162
Between neorealism and non-realism in Mann’s definition of the international: negating the rationale for historical sociology…......Page 165
Between thick and thin historical sociology: negating the rationale for historical sociology and compromising the IEMP model?......Page 172
Conclusion......Page 176
References......Page 177
Infrastructural power and economic transformation......Page 179
Infrastructural power and globalization......Page 181
The state’s infrastructural power......Page 183
Taxation......Page 187
Social welfare......Page 188
Industrial governance......Page 190
The state-enabling logic of globalization......Page 192
Conclusion......Page 195
References......Page 196
Introduction: Mann’s post-modern enlightenment conception......Page 201
1. Mann’s Theoretical Framework: the sources of social power......Page 203
2. The link between theory and history: the separation of the political from the economic......Page 207
3. The European Miracle......Page 208
4. The riddle resolved: coincidental capitalism from 800 AD......Page 212
II. Networks of social power or social-property relations?......Page 214
1. From collective to distributive power? The question of property differentials......Page 216
2. The merger of the economic and political in pre-capitalist societies......Page 222
3. European Miracle or feudal evolution?......Page 224
Conclusion......Page 237
Notes......Page 241
References......Page 244
11 The rise of the West......Page 245
Christianity, norms and transaction costs......Page 251
The papal and legal revolutions......Page 254
War, taxes and the origin of the modern state......Page 257
Political and economic efficiency......Page 263
Notes......Page 271
References......Page 272
Breakthroughs: Mann’s theory of state formation and development......Page 275
Limitations: Mann’s social theory and the emergence of modernity......Page 279
The comparative method and evidence......Page 283
Another type of power......Page 288
Conclusion......Page 291
References......Page 292
13 The ‘British’ sources of social power: reflections on history, sociology, and intellectual biography......Page 297
Notes......Page 313
References......Page 314
14 Networks and ideologies: the fusion of ‘is’ and ‘ought’ as a means to social power......Page 318
Mann’s stance on ideological power and social networks......Page 320
Prior infrastructure: trackfollowing or tracklaying?......Page 322
Social contradictions: power through integrative synthesis?......Page 324
The supply of ideology......Page 326
The demand for ideology......Page 328
Mechanisms of expansion: competitive advantage and positive feedback......Page 330
The relationship of ‘is’ and ‘ought’......Page 333
Implications for Mann’s research programme......Page 334
Implications for understanding contemporary networks and ideologies......Page 335
References......Page 337
15 Mann’s dark side: linking democracy and genocide......Page 340
Point 1: the association of democracy and murderous ethnic cleansing......Page 341
Point 2: genocide as the highest form of ghastly murder......Page 347
References......Page 351
16 The sources of social power revisited: a response to criticism......Page 355
Ideological power......Page 356
Political and military power......Page 363
Explaining murderous ethnic cleansing......Page 370
Economic versus political power: the European miracle......Page 377
Economic power......Page 382
Military power......Page 383
Conclusion......Page 396
Notes......Page 405
References......Page 406
Bibliography of Michael Mann’s Writings......Page 409
Index......Page 412
