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  • Charisma

    Micro-sociology of Power and Influence

    What is charisma? And how does it generate influence and power? World-renowned sociologist Randall Collins explores these and many other questions in a highly readable exploration of the various forms of charisma and how charisma elevated Jesus, Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, Queen Elizabeth, Hitler, Churchill, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Madame Mao Zedong, and others. He explores four types ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

  • Interaction Ritual Chains

    Series series Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
    Sex, smoking, and social stratification are three very different social phenomena. And yet, argues sociologist Randall Collins, they and much else in our social lives are driven by a common force: interaction rituals. Interaction Ritual Chains is a major work of sociological theory that attempts to develop a "radical microsociology." It proposes that successful rituals create symbols of group ... Leer más

    $33.89 USD

  • Violence

    A Micro-sociological Theory

    In the popular misconception fostered by blockbuster action movies and best-selling thrillers--not to mention conventional explanations by social scientists--violence is easy under certain conditions, like poverty, racial or ideological hatreds, or family pathologies. Randall Collins challenges this view in Violence, arguing that violent confrontation goes against human physiological hardwiring. ... Leer más

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  • The Credential Society

    An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification

    Series series Legacy Editions
    The Credential Society is a classic on the role of higher education in American society and an essential text for understanding the reproduction of inequality. Controversial at the time, Randall Collins’s claim that the expansion of American education has not increased social mobility, but rather created a cycle of credential inflation, has proven remarkably prescient.Collins shows how credential ... Leer más

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  • Violenza

    Un'analisi sociologica

    Per dare un pugno in faccia a una persona e farla sanguinare, non occorre avere un corpo muscoloso. E non occorrono nemmeno motivazioni o ideologie particolari. Occorre superare ciò che Randall Collins chiama la «barriera emotiva della paura dello scontro» che si è sviluppata negli uomini in seguito al processo di civilizzazione. Gli scontri che avvengono nelle interazioni della vita quotidiana – ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • The Credential Society

    An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification

    Series series Legacy Editions
    The Credential Society is a classic on the role of higher education in American society and an essential text for understanding the reproduction of inequality. Controversial at the time, Randall Collins’s claim that the expansion of American education has not increased social mobility, but rather created a cycle of credential inflation, has proven remarkably prescient.Collins shows how credential ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • The Sociology of Philosophies

    Randall Collins traces the movement of philosophical thought in ancient Greece, China, Japan, India, the medieval Islamic and Jewish world, medieval Christendom, and modern Europe. What emerges from this history is a social theory of intellectual change, one that avoids both the reduction of ideas to the influences of society at large and the purely contingent local construction of meanings. ... Leer más

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  • Explosive Conflict

    Time-Dynamics of Violence

    This sequel to Randall Collins' world-influential micro-sociology of violence introduces the question of time-dynamics: what determines how long conflict lasts and how much damage it does. Inequality and hostility are not enough to explain when and where violence breaks out. Time-dynamics are the time-bubbles when people are most nationalistic; the hours after a protest starts when violence is ... Leer más

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  • Dynamik der Gewalt

    Eine mikrosoziologische Theorie

    Obwohl es Zeiten gibt, in denen uns Gewalt allgegenwärtig erscheint, hält Randall Collins den tatsächlichen Ausbruch von gewalttätigen Handlungen für eine Ausnahme. In seiner Analyse der Dynamik der Gewalt legt der renommierte amerikanische Soziologe den Fokus auf die situative Interaktion zwischen den Kontrahenten. Ob eine spannungsgeladene Situation zu gewalttätigen Handlungen führt, hängt ... Leer más

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  • Does Capitalism Have a Future?

    In Does Capitalism Have a Future?, a global quintet of distinguished scholars cut their way through to the question of whether our capitalist system can survive in the medium run. Despite the current gloom, conventional wisdom still assumes that there is no real alternative to capitalism. The authors argue that this generalization is a mistaken outgrowth of the optimistic nineteenth-century claim ... Leer más

    $34.99 USD

  • Conflict Sociology

    A Sociological Classic Updated

    This new edition is a substantial abridgment and update of Randall Collins's 1975 classic, Conflict Sociology. The first edition represented the most powerful and comprehensive statement of conflict theory in its time. Here, Sanderson has retained the core chapters and added discussions on Collins's and others' work in recent years. An afterword summarizes Collins's latest forays into ... Leer más

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  • Stirbt der Kapitalismus?

    Fünf Szenarien für das 21. Jahrhundert

    Das ökonomische System des Kapitalismus wird kollabieren, weil negative Konjunkturzyklen und politische Krisen zusammentreffen und Wachstum an Grenzen stößt. Umweltkrisen werden den Kapitalismus massiv unter Druck setzen, ebenso wie globale Machtkämpfe und der Kampf um Ressourcen. Die Mittelklassen werden ihre Arbeit an IT-Services verlieren und nicht mehr so konsumieren können wie heute. Eine ... Leer más

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