Moises Naim. The End of Power. From boadrrooms to battlefield and churches to states and why being in charge isn`t what it used to be

Basic Books/a member of Perseus Books Group, 2013. — 386 p.Preface: How This Book Came AboutThe Decay of Power
Have You Heard of James Black Jr.?
From the Chess Board...to Everything Around Us
What Changed?
The Decay of Power: Is It New? Is It True? So What?
But What Is Power?
The Decay of Power: What’s at Stake?Making Sense of Power: How It Works and How To Keep It
How to Talk About Power
How Power Works
Why Power Shifts—or Stays Steady
The Importance of Barriers to Power
The Blueprint: Explaining Market Power
Barriers to Entry: A Key to Market Power
From Barriers to Entry to Barriers to PowerHow Power Got Big: An Assumption's Unquestioned Rise
Max Weber, or Why Size Made Sense
How the World Went Weberian
The Myth of the Power Elite?How Power Lost Its Edge: The More, Mobility, and Mentality Revolutions
So What Has Changed?
The More Revolution: Overwhelming the Means of Control
The Mobility Revolution: The End of Captive Audiences
The Mentality Revolution: Taking Nothing for Granted Anymore
How Does It Work?
Revolutionary Consequences: Undermining the Barriers to Power
Barriers Down: The Opportunity for MicropowersWhy Are Landslides, Majorities, and Mandates Endagered Species? The Decay of Power in National Politics
From Empires to States: The More Revolution and the Proliferation of Countries
From Despots to Democrats
From Majorities to Minorities
From Parties to Factions
From Capitals to Regions
From Governors to Lawyers
From Leaders to Laymen
Hedge Funds and Hacktivists
The Political CentrifugePentagons versus Pirates: The Decaying Power of Large Armies/b]
The Big Rise of Small Forces
The End of the Ultimate Monopoly: The Use of Violence
A Tsunami of Weapons
The Decay of Power and the New Rules of War

[b]Whose World Will It Be? Vetoes, Resistance, and Leaks—Or Why Geopolitics is Turning Upside Down
The Stakes of Hegemony
The New Ingredients
If Not Hegemony, Then What?
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Traditional Power at Bay
Soft Power for All
The New Rules of Geopolitics
Just Say No
From Ambassadors to Gongos: The New Emissaries
Alliances of the Few
Anyone in Charge Here?Business As Unusual: Corporate Dominance Under Siege
In the Land of Bosses, Authority, and Hierarchy
What Is Globalization Doing to Business Concentration?
The Power and Peril of Brands
Market Power: The Antidote to Business Insecurity
Barriers Are Down, Competition Is Up
New Entrants and New Opportunities
What Does All This Mean?Hyper-Competition For Your Soul, Heart and Brain
Religion: The Nine Billion Names of God
Labor: New Unions and Nonunions
Philanthropy: Putting the Bono in Pro Bono
Media: Everyone Reports, Everyone DecidesThe Decay of Power: Is The Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?
Celebrating the Decay of Power
What’s Not to Like? The Dangers of Decay
Political Paralysis as Collateral Damage of the Decay of Power
Ruinous Competition
Be Careful What You Wish For: Overdosing on Checks and Balances
Five RisksPower is Decaying: So What? What To Do?
Get Off the Elevator
Make Life Harder for the “Terrible Simplifiers”
Bring Trust Back
Strengthen Political Parties: The Lessons from Occupy Wall Street and Al Qaeda
Increase Political Participation
The Coming Surge of Political Innovations
Appendix: Democracy and Political PowerNotes