The end of power : from boardrooms to battlefields and churches to states, why being in charge isn't what it used to be / Moisés Naím.

By:

Naím, Moisés, 1952-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014Description: xiii, 306 p. ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780465065691 (pbk)
0465065694 (pbk)

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DDC classification:

303.3 23

LOC classification:

HN 49 N157e 2014

Contents:

The decay of power -- Making sense of power : how it works and how to keep it -- How power got big : an assumption's unquestioned rise -- How power lost its edge : the more, mobility, and mentality revolutions -- Why are landslides, majorities, and mandates endangered species? : the decay of power in national politics -- Pentagons versus pirates : the decaying power of large armies -- Whose world will it be? Vetoes, resistance, and leaks : or why geopolitics is turning upside down -- Business as unusual : corporate dominance under siege -- Hyper-competition for your soul, heart, and brain -- The decay of power : is the glass half-full or half-empty? -- Power is decaying : so what? what to do?

Summary: "The End of Power makes a truly important contribution, persuasively portraying a compelling dynamic of change cutting across multiple game-boards of the global power matrix."-Washington Pos

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Political Paralysis as Collateral Damage of the Decay of Power.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The decay of power --
Making sense of power : how it works and how to keep it --
How power got big : an assumption's unquestioned rise --
How power lost its edge : the more, mobility, and mentality revolutions --
Why are landslides, majorities, and mandates endangered species? : the decay of power in national politics --
Pentagons versus pirates : the decaying power of large armies --
Whose world will it be? Vetoes, resistance, and leaks : or why geopolitics is turning upside down --
Business as unusual : corporate dominance under siege --
Hyper-competition for your soul, heart, and brain --
The decay of power : is the glass half-full or half-empty? --
Power is decaying : so what? what to do?

"The End of Power makes a truly important contribution, persuasively portraying a compelling dynamic of change cutting across multiple game-boards of the global power matrix."-Washington Pos

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