Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military and political - 'The Sources of Social Power' traces their interrelati

Distinguishing four sources of power - ideological, economic, military and political - this series traces their interrelations throughout human history. This th

This third volume of Michael Mann's analytical history of social power focuses on the interrelated development of capitalism, nation-states and empires.

Bringing together historical sociologists from Sociology and International Relations, this collection lays out the international, transnational, and global dime

A groundbreaking look at Western and Eastern social development from the end of the ice age to today In the past thirty years, there have been fierce debates ov