Author: Turner, Charles

Source: Economy and Society, Volume 35, Number 1, Number 1/February 2006 , pp. 168-183(16)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

Two of Michael Mann's recent books continue his exploration of the sources of social power and then extend it into the study of ethnic cleansing, a phenomenon which Mann wishes to see as a potential built into modern political institutions, and specifically democratic political cultures, from the start. However, this review argues that the richness of the empirical material mobilized in these books makes them more nuanced and sophisticated than Mann's own summary of them suggests.

Keywords: democracy; genocide; fascism; ideal types; historical sociology

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03085140500465964

Publication date: 2006-02-01

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