The End of Power (61 page)

decline in,
56

extreme poverty,
55

Powell, Colin,
108

Power,
9
,
83

balance of power,
27
,
108
,
139
,
202

barriers concerning,
10
,
11
,
17
,
18
,
28–30
,
54
,
70–74
,
134
,
231
(see
also
Barriers to entry
)

and big size,
34
,
38
,
52
,
75
(
see also
Bureaucracies
)

channels of,
23–25
,
72

concentration of,
49–50
,
213–214
,
220
,
224
,
226
,
243

conversations about,
13–14
,
233
,
234
,
237

corporate power,
37
,
38
,
49
,
163
,
167
,
168
,
191
,
192

dangers and risks of decay of power,
221–222
,
227–232

decay of,
1–2
,
5
,
12–15
,
17–19
,
50
,
51
,
52
,
76–106
,
121
,
122
,
127–128
,
134
,
135
,
141
,
144
,
150
,
152
,
156
,
158
,
162
,
193
,
198
,
216
,
218–232
,
233–244

decoupling power from size,
52
(
see also
Power: and big size
)

definition of,
15
,
16
,
23

distribution of,
17
,
27–28
,
30
,
57
,
58–59
,
61
,
64
,
69
,
194
,
231
,
250

economic power,
47
,
146
,
152
,
167

getting/keeping,
11
,
16
,
35
,
72
,
75
,
121
,
130
,
158
,
163
,
172
,
217
,
236
,
237
,
244

of individuals,
8

vs. influence,
26–27

innate urge for,
3

market power,
30–31
,
31–33
,
168–171
,
179
,
187
,
213

measuring,
16–17
,
20
,
21
,
136

micropowers,
13
,
17
,
50
,
51–52
,
53
,
70
,
74–75
,
77
,
107–108
,
191
,
196–197
,
237

military power,
5
,
113
,
115
,
125
,
127–128
,
244

moral basis of,
69

political power,
6
,
77
,
78
,
80
,
94
,
100
,
105
,
220
,
242
,
247
,
250

shifts in,
1
,
13
,
27–28
,
57
,
71
,
133
,
134
,
139
,
155
,
193
,
216
,
217
,
233
,
234
,
242

social function of,
17

soft power,
1
,
108
,
125
,
132
,
137
,
139
,
141

talking productively about,
22–23

traditional model of,
71–72

Weber's theory of,
40

Power Elite, The
(Mills),
47

Prepaid phone cards,
63
,
66

Prices,
31
,
32
,
37
,
63
,
101
,
165
,
169
,
170
,
176
,
179
,
22

price-fixing,
33
,
219

share prices,
188

Prince, The
(Machiavelli),
15

Princip, Gavrilo,
114

Privacy,
48

Private equity funds,
189

Privatization,
101
,
102
,
167
,
172

Procter and Gamble,
31

Propaganda,
118
,
120
,
124
,
153

ProPublica,
216

Prosperity gospel,
195

Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, The
(Weber),
39

Protestants,
197
.
See also
Religion: Evangelicals/fundamentalists/charismatics

Prussia,
41

Przeworski, A.,
247
,
248
,
250(fig.)

Psy (rapper),
149

Public opinion,
67
,
68
,
85
,
118
,
147–148
,
156
,
227
,
239

Pulitzer Prize,
214
,
216

Puritanism,
39

Putin, Vladimir,
218

Putnam, Robert,
67

Qaddafi, Moammar,
21
,
149

Qaradawi, Yusef al-,
199

Qatar,
149
,
216

Quality of life,
56

Quinn, James Brian,
182

Ramachandran, Vijaya,
145

Ramirez, Alejandro,
184–185

Rare earths,
56–57

Reagan, Ronald,
88
,
172
,
202

Real estate,
24
,
27
,
118
,
218

Recessions,
6–7
,
54
,
167
.
See also
Economic/financial crises

Redeemed Christian Church of God,
196

Referenda,
86
,
94
,
95
,
151

Reforms,
69
,
77
,
84
,
96
,
100
,
102
,
122
,
167
,
172
,
184
,
202
,
223
,
237
,
243
,
250–254

Regimes,
138
,
247

Regulations/deregulation,
29
,
30
,
32
,
36
,
48
,
49
,
101
,
167
,
168
,
169
,
170
,
172
,
174
,
184
,
187
,
190
,
212
,
228

Reid, Richard,
111

Religion,
4
,
5
,
10
,
16
,
18
,
23
,
24
,
25
,
33
,
41
,
44
,
66
,
67
,
75
,
78
,
154
,
193
,
217
,
225
,
231
,
233
,
244

Evangelicals/fundamentalists/charismatic,
8–9
,
73
,
106
,
194–199

and financial success,
195
,
198

liberation theology,
197

See also
Catholic Church
;
Islam

Remittances,
60
,
63

Repression,
14
,
53
,
54
,
70
,
73
,
85
,
100
,
219
,
242

Republican Party,
76
,
79
,
95
,
239
.
See also
Tea Party movement

Reputations,
7
,
162
,
166
,
174

Research and development (R&D),
182
,
183
,
229

Resource issues,
15
,
18
,
23
,
29
,
43
,
52
,
75
,
102
,
125
,
169
,
171
,
174
,
175
,
226
,
230
,
231

Revolt of the elites,
48
,
49

Revolutionary transformations,
11

Rewards,
24–25
,
26
,
73

Rid, Thomas,
115
,
122
,
127–128

Riesman, David,
46

Rights,
74
,
200
,
247
.
See also
Human rights

Riis, Jacob,
43

Rio de Janeiro,
196

Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, The
(Kennedy),
139

Roberts, Alasdir,
202

Robots,
120

Robson, Ray,
3

Rockefeller, John D.,
42
,
211

Rolex,
169

Romania,
53

Rome (ancient),
36

Royal, Ségolène,
92–93

Rules,
30
,
33
,
40
,
136
,
138
,
140
,
149–150
,
160
,
169
,
172
,
191
,
223
,
225
,
228
,
231

rule of law,
247

rules of war,
121–128

Runyon, Damon,
108

Rusbridger, Alan,
216

Russell, Jason,
134

Russia,
14
,
49
,
70
,
80
,
85
,
108
,
109
,
113
,
114
,
131
,
132
,
133
,
135
,
140
,
142
,
144
,
148
,
151
,
155
,
167
,
201
,
235
,
240
.
See also
Soviet Union

Rwanda,
121

SABMiller,
187

Sacks, Raven E.,
163

Saez, Emmanuel,
6

Sala-i-Martin, Xavier,
55

Salazar, Antonio,
82

Salvation Army,
207

Samaritan's Purse,
5

Sanoma,
215

Sao Paulo,
196

Sarkozy, Nicolas,
92
,
93

Saudi Arabia,
65
,
154

Saxenian, AnnaLee,
61
,
181

Scandals,
18
,
85
,
99
,
210
,
240

Scaroni, Paolo,
160

Schibsted,
215

Schumpeter, Joseph,
71
,
247

Schweller, Randall,
140

Science,
9
,
16
,
45
,
236

number of scientists,
57

Seattle,
207

Security state,
52

Seave, Ana,
181

SEIU.
See
Service Employees International Union

Senegal,
59

Separatism,
106
,
221

Serbia,
151

Service Employees International Union (
SEIU
),
200
,
203–204