![]() ![]() Yet while these barriers have always been present, they’ve become less and less stable over the last three decades. Any challenger to power has to overcome them. They are military arsenals, access to resources, available capital, brand recognition, the moral authority of a religious leader and the rules governing elections. Power is at work when Barack Obama motivated large numbers of young people to become engaged with party politics in the 2008 presidential elections.īut power is also relational, and the traditional barriers that reinforced the position of the mighty and prevented potential rivals from becoming significant challengers are weakening rapidly. ![]() Parents exert power when they make their kids eat their vegetables before they can have dessert. In essence, power is the ability to make others do what you want them to do. Yet when we examine political relations more closely, we see that something much more fundamental is happening to the distribution of power in the world. Reporters and foreign relations experts have long made predictions about America’s decline and China’s rise to power. ![]() Protesters have taken to Wall Street and other public places around the world to voice their concerns about the increasing concentration of wealth and power among the “one percent,” who in their view only grow more powerful as time progresses. ![]()
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