[NEW ARRIVALS] The End of Power

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[NEW ARRIVALS] The End of Power

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AUTHOR : Moises Naim

PUBLISHER: Basic Books

PRICE: $16.99

GENRE: Basic Books

Mark Zuckerberg’s inaugural pick for his “Year of Books” challenge, “The End of Power” updates the very notion of power for the 21st century. Power, we know, is shifting: from West to East and North to South, from presidential palaces to public squares, from once formidable corporate behemoths to nimble startups and, slowly but surely, from men to women. But power is not merely dispersing; it is also decaying. Those in power today are more constrained in what they can do with it and more at risk of losing it than ever before.

In “The End of Power,” award-winning columnist and former Foreign Policy editor Moises Naim illuminates the struggle between once-dominant megaplayers and the new micropowers challenging them in every field of human endeavor. Drawing on provocative, original research, Naim shows how the antiestablishment drive of micropowers can topple tyrants, dislodge monopolies and open remarkable new opportunities, but it can also lead to chaos and paralysis. Naim deftly covers the seismic changes underway in business, religion, education, within families and in all matters of war and peace. Those in power retain it by erecting powerful barriers to keep challengers at bay. Today, insurgent forces dismantle those barriers more quickly and easily than ever, only to find that they themselves become vulnerable in the process.

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