Volumes 2A and 2B of The Handbook of Economic Growth summarize recent advances in theoretical and empirical work while offering new perspectives on a range of growth mechanisms, from the roles played by institutions and organizations to the ways factors beyond capital accumulation and technological change can affect growth. Written by research leaders, the chapters summarize and evaluate recent advances while explaining where further research might be profitable. With analyses that are provocative and controversial because they are so directly relevant to public policy and private decision-making, these two volumes uphold the standard for excellence in applied economics set by Volumes 1A and 1B (2005). It offers definitive theoretical and empirical scholarship about growth economics. It empowers readers to evaluate the work of other economists and to plan their own research projects. It demonstrates the value of empirical testing, with its implicit conclusion that our understanding of economic growth will help everyone make better decisions.

Handbook of Economic Growth

Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies – ideological, economic, military and political – The Sources of Social Power traces their interrelations throughout human history In this first volume, Michael Mann examines interrelations between these elements from neolithic times, through ancient Near Eastern civilizations, the classical Mediterranean age and medieval Europe, up to just before the Industrial Revolution in England It offers explanations of the emergence of the state and social stratification; of city-states, militaristic empires and the persistent interaction between them; of the world salvation religions; and of the particular dynamism of medieval and early modern Europe It ends by generalizing about the nature of overall social development, the varying forms of social cohesion and the role of classes and class struggle in history First published in 1986, this new edition of Volume 1 includes a new preface by the author examining the impact and legacy of the work

The sources of social power

What is emotion

Based on a review of 217 refereed articles on family business studies, the literature is organized according to its focus on individual, interpersonal or group, organizational, and societal levels of analyses. An assessment of the status of our current understanding at each level is provided and directions for future research are suggested. A discussion of definitional issues, bases of distinctiveness, and family firm performance is used to help understand the domain or scope of the field. Methodological issues and strategies aimed to enhance the pace at which the field achieves a distinctive legitimate place in organizational studies are presented.

An Overview of the Field of Family Business Studies: Current Status and Directions for the Future

IN THE WESTERN WORLD it is not difficult to identify areas where families and family ties are relatively "strong" and others where they are relatively '"weak." There are regions where traditionally the family group has had priority over the individual, and others where the individual and individual values have had priority over everything else. The strength and resilience of family loyalties, allegiances, and authority can be seen most clearly within the coresidential domestic group and among persons from the same conjugal family, although they extend to the larger kin group as well. These differences may well have characterized the European family for centuries, and there are few indications that convergence is occurring today. The way in which the relationship between the family group and its members manifests itself has implications for the way society itself functions. Politicians and public planners would do well to consider the nature of existing family systems when designing certain social policies. The geography of these strong and weak family systems does not appear to follow the classic division of Europe into stem-family and nuclearfamily regions. The dividing line, in some ways, is actually much simpler, with the center and north of Europe (Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Low Countries, much of Germany and Austria), together with North American society, being characterized by relatively weak family links, and the Mediterranean region by strong family ties.' The specific boundaries of different family systems are often not crystal clear, and subregional differences abound. Eor example, in some respects Ireland does not fit well into northern European family patterns, northern and southern Erance often appear to walk divergent paths, and the southern fringes of Spain, Italy, or Portugal often show characteristics distinct from the northern parts of those same countries. Within individual societies, there is also much room for heterogeneity affecting families and family life. This multiplicity of forms

Family Ties in Western Europe: Persistent Contrasts

After the Empire

Democracy and anthropology the seven families community authority the two forms of individualism endogamy asymmetry anomie African systems.

The explanation of ideology: Family structures and social systems

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L' invention de l'Europe

Introduction The Myth of Universal Terrorism Democracy as A Threat Imperial Dimensions The Fragility of Tribute The Movement Away from Universalism Confront the Strong or Attack the Weak? The Return of Russia The Emancipation of Europe Conclusion: Endgame Notes

Emmanuel Todd

Papers

After the Empire

The explanation of ideology: Family structures and social systems

L' invention de l'Europe

After the empire : the breakdown of the American order

Le Destin des immigrés : assimilation et ségrégation dans les démocraties occidentales