Power in the 21st century. Conversations with John A. Hall

Michael Mann belongs to the number of the most influential sociologists of our time. His four-meter Sources of social power, the last volume of which was completed only recently, changed our ideas about power and rewrote the history of human societies. Anyone who is interested in understanding how the modern world has been formed, as we came to what we have today, and where we will most likely move further, can not afford to ignore this modern classics. This small and affordable book, which is a record of conversations with the British political sociologist John Hall, serves as ideal introduction to the work and ideas of one of the most original Sociologists of the XXI century. Students and scientists will consider this book priceless, and simple readers will see a clear, insightful and workshop overview of key challenges with which we will face in the coming years and decades