{"product_id":"9780865718814","title":"The Power Manual: How to Master Complex Power Dynamics","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll social relations are laden with power. Getting out from under dominant power relations and mastering power dynamics is perhaps the most essential skill for change agents across all sectors seeking to ignite positive change in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis concise action manual explores major concepts of power, with a focus on the dynamics of domination and liberation, and presents methods for shifting power relations and enacting freedom. \u003cem\u003eThe Power Manual\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClearly distills the major theories of power from post-modern and feminist theory to business management and developmental psychology, and beyond \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines key ways that power is deployed and transformed in society \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents a new theory of power based on enactment—the bringing of something to life through one's actions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplains how to refuse powerless identities and enact powerful ones \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelps readers choose egalitarian interactions over domination \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemonstrates mastering the process of power expansion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures workshop games and group activities for identifying and shifting power relations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis accessible action manual is ideal for change agents, leaders, and activists across all nonprofit and business sectors aiming to understand, master, and shift power relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCyndi Suarez\u003c\/strong\u003e works with leaders in nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, and social movements, including most recently the Movement for Black Lives. She has an MS in Nonprofit Management from Southern New Hampshire University, and studied Feminist Theory at the New School for Social Research. Suarez is Senior Editor at \u003cem\u003eNonprofit Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, the leading nonprofit journal. She lives in Boston, MA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032963694832,"sku":"9780865718814","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780865718814_p0.jpg?v=1763841240","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780865718814","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}