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Revolution, power and the Third World: a review of Michael Mann’s

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  • Sina Salessi

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The fourth volume of Michael Mann’s The Sources of Social Power is the last in his historical sociological series, which has centred on an analysis of ideological, economic, military and political power in human societies from the start of civilisation. Mann’s final volume provides an important overview of the period of American hegemony and its worldwide effects, the rise and crisis of neoliberalism, the contrasting fates of the USSR and Maoist China, the vagaries of American empire, and modern revolutions. The implications of his study, particularly regarding the history and theory of revolutions, are of the utmost value to anyone on the Revolutionary Left today, especially in the Third World. While Mann’s study is primarily focused on the West, it provides important lessons to be drawn for the Third World.

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  • Sina Salessi, 2015. "Revolution, power and the Third World: a review of Michael Mann’s," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(2), pages 416-430, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:36:y:2015:i:2:p:416-430
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1013344
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