Tim Jacoby completed his doctorate and an Economic and Social Research Council post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Politics at the University of York, UK. He now teaches at the Institute for Development Policy and Management at the University of Manchester, UK.

• Introduction 1 Social Power and Historical Sociology 2 The Politics of Empire 3 The Ideology of Modernism 4 The Economics of Liberalisation 5 The Military/Industrial Complex. Conclusion

Tim Jacoby completed his doctorate and an Economic and Social Research Council post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Politics at the University of York, UK. He now teaches at the Institute for Development Policy and Management at the University of Manchester, UK.

• Introduction 1 Social Power and Historical Sociology 2 The Politics of Empire 3 The Ideology of Modernism 4 The Economics of Liberalisation 5 The Military/Industrial Complex. Conclusion

Tim Jacoby completed his doctorate and an Economic and Social Research Council post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Politics at the University of York, UK. He now teaches at the Institute for Development Policy and Management at the University of Manchester, UK.

• Introduction 1 Social Power and Historical Sociology 2 The Politics of Empire 3 The Ideology of Modernism 4 The Economics of Liberalisation 5 The Military/Industrial Complex. Conclusion