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.
Title:
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.
ISBN:
9780465031566
9780465065691
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Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, 2014.
©2013
Physical Description:
xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents:
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 -- Decay of power : is the glass half-full or half-empty? -- Power is decaying : so what? what to do?
Summary:
"Power is shifting--from large, stable armies to loose bands of insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups, and from presidential palaces to public squares. But power is also changing, becoming harder to use and easier to lose. 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 and a lifetime of experience in global affairs, Naím explains how the end of power is reconfiguring our world"-- Cover, page 4.
OCLC Number:
ocn865063737
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