He later wrote a chapter for Bendix's work State and Society. This work enabled Collins to later combine this theory with Erving Goffman's microsociology, which resulted in Collins' publication Conflict Sociology in 1975 and later, Interaction Ritual Chains in 2004. Goffman was also one of Collins' professors during his time at Berkeley.
Collins' academic work led him to write a chapter for Bendix's State and Society. This enabled him to merge his theory with Erving Goffman's microsociology, resulting in the publication of Conflict Sociology in 1975 and Interaction Ritual Chains in 2004. Notably, Goffman was also one of Collins' professors at Berkeley.