Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages ix-x
Introduction, Pages 1-9
The Empirical Validity of the Conflict Tradition, Pages 13-44
Wallerstein's World-System, Pages 45-56
The Chain of Modernization, Pages 57-61
Geopolitics and Revolution, Pages 63-69
Long-Term Social Change and the Territorial Power of States, Pages 71-106
Lรฉvi-Strauss's Structural History, Pages 109-131
Three Faces of Cruelty: Toward a Comparative Sociology of Violence, Pages 133-158
Class, Codes, and Control, Pages 161-171
Cultural Capitalism and Symbolic Violence, Pages 173-182
Schooling in Capitalist America, Pages 183-189
Crises and Declines in Credential Systems, Pages 191-215
Three Stages of Erving Goffman, Pages 219-253
The Language-Game of Power, Pages 255-259
The Microfoundations of Macrosociology, Pages 261-293
Merton's Functionalism, Pages 297-303
Postindustrialism and Technocracy, Pages 305-308
Touraine's System, Pages 309-313
Gouldner's Dialectics, Pages 315-321
Blau's Macrotheory, Pages 323-331
Sociology Past and Future, Pages 333-339
References, Pages 341-351
Index, Pages 353-365
