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This page intentionally left blank An Anatomy of Power Michael Mann is one of the most influential sociologists of recent decades.Hisworkhashadamajorimpactinsociology,history,political science,internationalrelationsandothersocialsciencedisciplines.His mainwork,TheSourcesofSocialPower,ofwhichtwoofthreevolumes havebeencompleted,willprovideanall-encompassingaccountofthe historyofpowerfromthebeginningsofstratifiedsocietiestothepresent day.Recentlyhehaspublishedtwomajorworks,FascistsandTheDark SideofDemocracy.Yetunlikethatofothercontemporarysocialthinkers, Mann’s work has not, until now, been systematically and critically assessed. This volume assembles a group of distinguished scholars to takestock,bothofMann’soverallmethodandofhisaccountofparti- cularperiodsandhistoricalcases.ItalsocontainsMann’sreplywherehe answershiscriticsandforcefullyrestateshisposition.Thisisaunique andprovocativestudyforscholarsandstudentsalike. JOHNA.HALLisProfessorofSociologyatDartmouthCollege.Hisbooks include Powers and Liberties (1985), Liberalism (1989), Coercion and Consent (1994) and (with Charles Lindholm) Is America Breaking Apart?(2001). RALPHSCHROEDERisaResearchFellowattheOxfordInternetInstitute at the University of Oxford. His books include Max Weber and the Sociology of Culture (1992) and, as editor, Max Weber, Democracy and Modernization(1998). An Anatomy of Power The Social Theory of Michael Mann Editedby John A. Hall Ralph Schroeder cambridge university press Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPaulo Cambridge University Press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork www.cambridge.org Informationo nthi stitle :www.cambri dge.org/9780521850001 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2005 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionof relevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplace withoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublishedinprintformat 2006 isbn-13 978-0-511-14631-2 eBook(EBL) isbn-10 0-511-14631-0 eBook(EBL) isbn-13 978-0-521-85000-1 hardback isbn-10 0-521-85000-2 hardback isbn-13 978-0-521-61518-1 paperback isbn-10 0-521-61518-6 paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofurls forexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. Contents Listoffigures page vii Listofcontributors viii 1 Introduction:theIEMPmodelanditscritics 1 RALPH SCHROEDER PartI Theory,practice,method 17 2 Mann’stransformationoftheclassicsociologicaltraditions 19 RANDALL COLLINS 3 Politicalquestions 33 JOHN A. HALL 4 Mann’ s mic rofoundati ons: addre ssing neo-We beria n dil emmas 56 EDGAR KISER 5 Grand,yetgrounded:ontology,theory,andmethodin Micha el Mann’s historica l soci ology 71 JOSEPH BRYANT Part II Types of power 99 6 Mann’stheoryofideologicalpower:sources,applications andelaborations 101 PHILIP S. GORSKI 7 Politicalpowerun-manned:adefenceoftheHolyTrinity from Mann’s military attac k 135 GIANFRANCO POGGI 8 Mann,thestateandwar 150 JOHN M. HOBSON v vi Contents 9 Infrastructuralpower,economictransformation,and globalization 167 LINDA WEISS PartIII Europeanexceptionalism? 187 10 Fromtheorytohistory:‘TheEuropeanDynamic’or feudalismtocapitalism? 189 ROBERT BRENNER 11 TheriseoftheWest 233 STEPHAN R. EPSTEIN 12 Ahistorical,notcomparative,method:breakthroughsand limitationsinthetheoryandmethodologyofMichaelMann’s analysis of power 263 JACK A. GOLDSTONE PartIV Promiseandperilsofmodernity 283 13 The‘British’sourcesofsocialpower:reflectionsonhistory, sociology,andintellectualbiography 285 FRANK TRENTMANN 14 Networksandideologies:thefusionof‘is’and‘ought’ asameanstosocialpower 306 JACK SNYDER 15 Mann’sdarkside:linkingdemocracyandgenocide 328 DAVID LAITIN PartV Response 341 16 Thesourcesofsocialpowerrevisited:aresponsetocriticism 343 MICHAEL MANN BibliographyofMichaelMann’sWritings 397 Index 400 Figures 6.1 TheriseoftheWest:Mann’smodel page108 6.2 IdeologicalpowerandtheriseoftheWest: Mann’smodelrevised 116 11.1 GenoeseinvestmentintheMediterraneanregion, 1155–64 241 11.2 Privateratesofreturn(nominal)tocapitalin Europe,1200–1799 246 11.3 Long-termborrowingcosts(nominal)of Europeanstates,byregime,1300–1749 250 11.4 Borrowingcostsandfiscalefficiency 251 11.5 Politicalstructureandinstitutionaltransaction costs(ITC) 254 vii Contributors ROBERT BRENNER is Professor in the Department of History at the UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles JOSEPH BRYANT is Professor in the Department of Sociology and the DepartmentfortheStudyofReligionattheUniversityofToronto RANDALL COLLINS is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania STEPHAN R. EPSTEIN is Professor of Economic History at the London SchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience JACKA.GOLDSTONEisVirginiaE.andJohnT.HazelProfessorofPublic PolicyatGeorgeMasonUniversity PHILIP S. GORSKI is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center forComparativeResearchatYaleUniversity JOHN A. HALL isProfessorofSociologyatDartmouthCollege JOHN M. HOBSON isProfessorofPoliticsandInternationalRelationsat theUniversityofSheffield EDGAR KISER isProfessorofSociologyattheUniversityofWashington DAVID LAITIN isJamesT.WatkinsIVandEliseV.WatkinsProfessorof PoliticalScienceatStanfordUniversity MICHAEL MANN isProfessorofSociologyattheUniversityofCalifornia, LosAngeles GIANFRANCO POGGI is Professor of Sociology at the University of Trento RALPH SCHROEDER isResearchFellowattheOxfordInternetInstitute, OxfordUniversity viii
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