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members of a communist party apparat (apparatus)

a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat

168

The dissident New Left had its Pyrrhic victory in the extinction of communism.

—p.168 Getting Real (163) by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins
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The dissident New Left had its Pyrrhic victory in the extinction of communism.

—p.168 Getting Real (163) by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins
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of, relating to, or favoring the (present) social or political establishment

(labor markets) when workers subject to performance pay choose to restrict their output, because they rationally anticipate that firms will respond to higher output levels by raising output requirements or cutting pay

172

This proved to be what is called the "ratchet effect" in the historical tendencies of the growing state functions in modern society.

—p.172 Getting Real (163) by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins
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This proved to be what is called the "ratchet effect" in the historical tendencies of the growing state functions in modern society.

—p.172 Getting Real (163) by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins
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a state organized to serve primarily its own need for military security; also : a state maintained by military power

173

the embattled "garrison states" of South Korea and Taiwan

—p.173 Getting Real (163) by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins
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the embattled "garrison states" of South Korea and Taiwan

—p.173 Getting Real (163) by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins
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(Italian or Portuguese for "free port") a port or an area of a port in which imported goods can be held or processed free of customs duties before reexport.

173

the relic porto franco colonies of Singapore and Hong Kong

—p.173 Getting Real (163) by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins
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the relic porto franco colonies of Singapore and Hong Kong

—p.173 Getting Real (163) by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins
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when some human groups are forced into new, more extensive and elaborate forms of social organisation (e.g., serfdom, slavery, tribute payments) due to a lack of an escape route as well as active coercion from the ruling class

180

The celebrated expression "caging effect" was in fact invented by Michael Mann in his earlier study of ancient empires, markets, and religions.

—p.180 Getting Real (163) by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins
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The celebrated expression "caging effect" was in fact invented by Michael Mann in his earlier study of ancient empires, markets, and religions.

—p.180 Getting Real (163) by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins
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(or Agricultural Revolution) the wide-scale transition of many human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement, making possible an increasingly larger population; began around 10,000 BC

185

It made possible what archaeologists call the Neolithic revolution, and thus agrarian societies.

—p.185 Getting Real (163) by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins
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It made possible what archaeologists call the Neolithic revolution, and thus agrarian societies.

—p.185 Getting Real (163) by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins
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a mainstream approach to economics focusing on the determination of goods, outputs, and income distributions in markets through supply and demand; contrast with heterodox economics

190

the field of social science fell under the domination of neoclassical economics

—p.190 Getting Real (163) by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins
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the field of social science fell under the domination of neoclassical economics

—p.190 Getting Real (163) by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins
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