Corridors of Power (novel) Corridors of Power (novel) Corridors of Power is the ninth book in C. P. Snow's "Strangers and Brothers" series. Its title had become a household phrase referring to the centres of government and power after Snow coined it in his earlier novel, "Homecomings". (A slightly rueful Foreword to "Corridors of Power" expresses the hope that he is at least entitled to use his own cliché.) "Corridors of Power" is concerned with the attempts of an English MP to influence the country's policy on nuclear weapons in the 1950s. The central character is Roger Quaife, an ambitious politician and Cabinet Minister.
The Anatomy of Power The Anatomy of Power The Anatomy of Power is a 1983 book by Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith. It sought to classify three types of power: "compensatory power" in which submission is bought, "condign power" in which submission is won by making the alternative sufficiently painful, and "conditioned power" in which submission is gained by persuasion. In short; money, force and ideology. It further divided power by source: power either stems from "personality" or leadership, "property" or wealth, or "organisation". The book goes on to detail a brief history of the use of power, noting the broad arc of history