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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: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014Description: xiii, 306 p. ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780465065691 (pbk)
  • 0465065694 (pbk)
Subject(s): 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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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HN 49 N157e 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000124543

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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