The sources of social power. Volume 2, The rise of classes and nation-states, 1760-1914 / Michael Mann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mann, Michael, 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social history.

Power (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 823 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military and political - The Sources of Social Power traces their interrelations throughout human history. This second volume deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War, focusing on France, Great Britain, Hapsburg Austria, Prussia/Germany and the United States. Based on considerable empirical research, it provides original theories of the rise of nations and nationalism, of class conflict, of the modern state and of modern militarism. While not afraid to generalize, it also stresses social and historical complexity. Michael Mann sees human society as 'a patterned mess' and attempts to provide a sociological theory appropriate to this, his final chapter giving an original explanation of the causes of the First World War. First published in 1993, this new edition of Volume 2 includes a new preface by the author examining the impact and legacy of the work.

Contents:

Cover; The sources of social power: VOLUME 2: The rise of classes and nation-states, 1760-1914; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the new edition; Bibliography; Preface; 1 Introduction; The IEMP model of power organization; A revolutionary long century?; Social change: strategies, impure entwinings, unintended consequences; Bibliography; 2 Economic and ideological power relations; Economic power: capitalism and classes; Ideological power relations; Conclusion; Bibliography; 3 A theory of the modern state; Five theories of the state; Weber's political concepts: an institutional analysis

Nineteenth-century political institutionsDomestic policy; Foreign policy; Functional analysis: a polymorphous crystallization model; Higher-level state crystallizations; Conclusion; Bibliography; 4 The Industrial Revolution and old regime liberalism in Britain, 1760-1880; The Industrial Revolution; Eighteenth-century classes; Classes in the economy, 1760-1820; A revolution in ideological power; Political sovereignty and representation; The political economy of the state; War and reform, 1760-1815; Reform, not revolution, 1815-1832; The triumph of old regime liberalism, 1832-1880; Conclusion

Bibliography5 The American Revolution and the institutionalization of confederal capitalist liberalism; The American colonies; Rebellion; War and ""revolution""; Constitutional settlement; American conclnsion; Bibliography; 6 The French Revolution and the bourgeois nation; Economic and political power under the old regime; Ideological and military power in the old regime; Fiscal crisis and the growth of principled resistance; The emergence of the ideological elite; Revolution becomes class struggle; Revolution becomes national struggle; French conclusions; Bibliography

7 Conclusion to Chapters 4-6: The emergence of classes and nations1. From feudalism to capitalism; 2. Pre-1792 militarism; 3. Ideological power; 4. Post-1792 militarism; Conclusion; Bibliography; 8 Geopolitics and international capitalism; Theoretical perspectives; The determinants of power; Economic power and hegemony, 1760-1914; Anglo-French rivalry; The eighteenth century; Bonaparte's failed hegemony; The concert and balance of power, 1815-1880; Transnational capitalism, 1815-1880; Geopolitical and capitalist faltering, 1880-1914; Conclusion; Bibliography

9 Struggle over Germany: I. Prussia and authoritarian national capitalismThree rivals, three theoretical issues; ""German"" development; The creation of the Kaiserreich: the Sonderweg; The Kaiserreich and state autonomy; A Prussian conclusion; Bibliography; 10 Struggle over Germany: II. Austria and confederal representation; What do we call it?; Habsburg capitalism; Nationalism and representation, 1815-1867; Domestic politics in the dual monarchy, 1867-1914; Final hubris: military geopolitics, 1867-1918; Counterfactual regime strategies; German and global conclusions; Bibliography

11 The rise of the modern state: I. Quantitative data

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-55759-9

1-316-09035-3

1-139-55634-7

1-139-38131-8

1-139-55509-X

1-139-55264-3

1-283-63754-5

1-139-55138-8

OCLC:

815387939