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

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

"In The End of Power, award-winning columnist and former Foreign Policy editor Moisés Naím illuminates the struggle between once-dominant megaplayers and the new micropowers challenging them in every field of human endeavor. Drawing on provocative, original research, Naím shows how the antiesta...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Naím, Moisés (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2013
Subjects:
Power (Social sciences)
Organization.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Preface : How This Book Came About
  • 1) The Decay of Power
  • 2) Making Sense of Power : How It Works and How to Keep It
  • 3) How Power Got Big : An Assumption's Unquestioned Rise
  • 4) How Power Lost Its Edge : The More, Mobility, and Mentality Revolutions
  • 5) Why Are Landslides, Majorities, and Mandates Endangered Species? The Decay of Power in National Politics
  • 6) Pentagons Versus Pirates : The Decaying Power of Large Armies
  • 7) Whose World Will It Be? Vetoes, Resistance, and Leaks, or Why Geopolitics is Turning Upside Down
  • 8) Business as Unusual : Corporate Dominance under Siege
  • 9) Hyper-Competition for Your Soul, Heart, and Brain
  • 10) The Decay of Power : Is the Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty
  • 11) Power is Decaying : So What? What to Do?
  • Appendix: Democracy and Political Power
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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