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.
He later wrote a chapter for Bendix's work State and Society. This allowed Collins to combine his ideas with Erving Goffman's microsociology, leading to the publication of Conflict Sociology in 1975 and Interaction Ritual Chains in 2004. Additionally, Goffman was one of Collins' professors at Berkeley.