In today's complex work world, things no longer get done simply because someone issues an order and someone else follows it. Most of us work in socially intricate organizations where we need the help not only of subordinates but of colleagues, superiors, and outsiders to accomplish our goals. This often leaves us in a "power gap" because we must depend on people over whom w...(展开全部)

马丁·吉伦斯 加州大学洛杉矶分校教授，曾任普林斯顿大学政治学教授，美国人文与科学学院院士。他的研究领域包括：代表性、公众舆论和大众媒体，特别是与不平等和公共政策有关的问题。他的主要著作包括：《为什么美国人讨厌福利:种族、媒体和反贫困政策的政治》（Why Americans Hate Welfare: Race, Media and the Politics of Antipoverty Policy）《美国的民主？:哪里出了问题，我们能做些什么》（Democracy in America?: What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do about It）。 译者 孟天广 清华大学社会科学学院副院长、政治学系长聘副教授、教育部青年长江学者，兼任清华大学计算社会科学平台执行主任、苏世民书院兼聘教授。主要研究领域为中国...(展开全部)

Can a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy--but as this book demonstrates, America's policymakers respond almost exclusively to the preferences of the economically advantaged. Affluence and Influence definitively explores how political inequalit...(展开全部)

Traditionally, Americans have viewed war as an alternative to diplomacy, and military strategy as the science of victory. Today, however, in our world of nuclear weapons, military power is not so much exercised as threatened. It is, Mr. Schelling says, bargaining power, and the exploitation of this power, for good or evil, to preserve peace or to threaten war, is diplomacy—t...(展开全部)

“This is a brilliant and hardheaded book. It will frighten those who prefer not to dwell on the unthinkable and infuriate those who have taken refuge in stereotypes and moral attitudinizing.”—Gordon A. Craig, New York Times Book Review "A grim but carefully reasoned and coldly analytical book. . . . One of the most frightening previews which this reviewer has ever seen of the r...(展开全部)

It is taken for granted that power corrupts. This is reinforced culturally by everything from Machiavelli to contemporary politics. But how do we get power? And how does it change our behavior? So often, in spite of our best intentions, we lose our hard-won power. Enduring power comes from empathy and giving. Above all, power is given to us by other people. This is what all-too...(展开全部)

Every day, managers have opportunities to impact decisions that affect both their organizations and their own careers. How successful they are depends on their ability to effectively use power, influence, and persuasion to get people on board and make things happen. This hands-on guide zeros in on practical techniques for putting these skills to work.Provides comprehensive advi...(展开全部)

The principles you live by today create the world you live in: if you change the principles you live by, you can change your world. In the life-changing tradition of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Power Principle teaches the core principles that dramatically affect our careers and our lives. Dr. Blaine Lee, an extraordinary teacher, shows how principle-cente...(展开全部)

The principles you live by today create the world you live in: if you change the principles you live by, you can change your world. In the life-changing tradition of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Power Principle teaches the core principles that dramatically affect our careers and our lives. Dr. Blaine Lee, an extraordinary teacher, shows how principle-cente...(展开全部)

An arsenal of powerful questions that will transform every conversation Skillfully redefine problems. Make an immediate connection with anyone. Rapidly determine if a client is ready to buy. Access the deepest dreams of others. Power Questions sets out a series of strategic questions that will help you win new business and dramatically deepen your professional and personal r...(展开全部)