Power and its Logic: Mastering Politics

Dominik Meier; Christian Blum

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2019

Power and its Logic

Mastering Politics

Dominik Meier and Christian Blum
Translated by: Kathrine M. Thomas and Michael A. Dudley
Funded by: transcript: Open Library 2019 (Politik)

Volume 64 in the series Edition Politik

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839444979

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About this book

Power is the essence of politics. Whoever seeks to understand and master it must understand its logic. Drawing on two decades of international experience in political consulting, Dominik Meier and Christian Blum give profound and honest insights into the inner workings of power. Introducing their Power Leadership Approach, the authors provide a conceptual analysis of power and present the tools to successfully exercise it in the political domain. "Power and its Logic" is a guidebook for politicians, business leaders, civil society pioneers, public affairs consultants and for every citizen who wants to understand the unwritten rules of politics.

Author / Editor information

Dominik Meier is the owner and Managing Director of Miller & Meier Consulting, a political strategy consultancy he co-founded in 1997. He is chairman of the German Association of Political Consultants (de'ge'pol), which was founded in 2002. Furthermore, he is Vice President of the Public Affairs Community of Europe (PACE), a member of the Advisory Board of Transparency International Deutschland e. V., a member of the Advisory Board of the Travel Industry Club e. V. and an editorial member of the online journal »Political Science Applied«. His work focuses on strategic positioning and lobbying leadership T as well as issues of ethics, transparency and quality assurance in policy consulting.
Christian Blum (Dr.) deals with power from a scientific and practical perspective. While studying philosophy, political science and Islamic studies in Cologne and Boston, he wrote for the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung and Süddeutsche Zeitung. Afterwards, he earned his doctorate in political theory on the common good (2015 De Gruyter) and worked as a researcher and coordinator at the Ethics Center of the University of Cologne and as a Thyssen Research Fellow at Rutgers University. As a consultant at Miller & Meier Consulting, he advises international companies on political strategy development and positioning. He is a lecturer at the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes.

Reviews

»Das Buch ist klar stukturiert und gut geschrieben.«
Isabell Trommer, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 12.02.2019 (zur deutschen Ausgabe)

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Open Access Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	7
0. Introduction
0.1 PREFACE Open Access Download PDF	9
0.2 STRUCTURE AND SUBSTANCE Open Access Download PDF	11
0.3 METHODS Open Access Download PDF	14
1. The Nature of Power
1.1 DEFINITIONAL APPROACH Open Access Download PDF	17
1.2 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF POWER Open Access Download PDF	30
1.3. HUMANKIND, POWER AND HISTORY – FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS Open Access Download PDF	47
2. The Concretions of Power
2.1 FORMS OF POWER Open Access Download PDF	59
2.2 POWER AND SYMBOLISM Open Access Download PDF	69
2.3 POWER FIELDS Open Access Download PDF	78
2.4 THE COMMON GOOD Open Access Download PDF	114
2.5 THE VECTORS OF POLITICAL POWER Open Access Download PDF	133
3. The Practice of Power
3.1 THE POWER CHESS MODEL Open Access Download PDF	214
3.2 EMPOWER MODEL Open Access Download PDF	219
3.3 CONDENSING Open Access Download PDF	243
3.4 INFLUENCING Open Access Download PDF	269
3.5 GLOBAL GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS Open Access Download PDF	274
3.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS Open Access Download PDF	281
4 Literature
4.1 SPECIALIST LITERATURE Open Access Download PDF	285
4.2 ADDITIONAL SOURCES Open Access Download PDF	305

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 308
Keywords: Politics; Power; Political Philosophy; Political Science; Business Success; Human Resource Management (HRM); International Political Consulting; USA; Germany; EU; Democracy; Leadership; Public Affairs; Political Adcovacy; Political Theory

eBook

Published: August 27, 2019
ISBN: 9783839444979