Macrohistory: Essays in Sociology of the Long Run
Author:   Randall Collins
Publisher:   Stanford University Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780804736008


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   01 December 1999
Format:   Paperback
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Macrohistory: Essays in Sociology of the Long Run


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This work explores the accomplishments of the golden age of macrohistory, the sociologically informed analysis of long-term patterns of political, economic, and social change that has reached new heights of sophistication in the last decades of the twentieth century. It describes the scholarly revolution that has taken place in the Marxian-inspired theory of revolutions, the shift to a state-breakdown model in which revolutions, rather than bubbling up from discontent below, start at the top in the fiscal strains of the state. The author links revolutions to military-centered transformations of the state, and reviews how he used this theory in the early 1980s to predict the breakdown of the Soviet empire.

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Author:   Randall Collins
Publisher:   Stanford University Press
Imprint:   Stanford University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.449kg
ISBN:  

9780804736008


ISBN 10:   0804736006
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   01 December 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of figures; Introduction: the golden age of macrohistorical sociology; 1. Maturation of the state-centered theory of revolution and ideology; 2. The geopolitical basis of revolution: the prediction of the Soviet collapse; 3. 'Balkanization' or 'Americanization': a geopolitical theory of ethnic change; 4. Democratization from the outside in: a geopolitical theory of collegial power; 5. German-bashing and the theory of democratic modernization; 6. Market dynamics as the engine of historical change; 7. An Asian route to capitalism; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Reviews

Given that a short review cannot do justice to the complexity and richness of this compelling book, it must suffice to say that its most innovative and exciting aspect is Collins' discussion of the still under-theorized dimension of democratic modernity. This is especially the case when his discussion is combined with his reflections on ethnic change. -- Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences


Given that a short review cannot do justice to the complexity and richness of this compelling book, it must suffice to say that its most innovative and exciting aspect is Collins' discussion of the still under-theorized dimension of democratic modernity. This is especially the case when his discussion is combined with his reflections on ethnic change. -- Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences


Given that a short review cannot do justice to the complexity and richness of this compelling book, it must suffice to say that its most innovative and exciting aspect is Collins' discussion of the still under-theorized dimension of democratic modernity. This is especially the case when his discussion is combined with his reflections on ethnic change. --Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences


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