How one state interacts with another. The politics of interpersonal relationships.

This book is dedicated to the politics of people in their everyday lives, the politics of interpersonal relationships. Politicians include housewives solving their household problems, secretaries trying to build good working relationships with their bosses, managers involved in staff recruitment, bureaucrats engaged in bureaucratic games, public figures, 'stars', sometimes hating each other but forced to demonstrate mutual sympathy. The genre of this book combines the analysis of a psychologist, the reasoning of a political scientist, the advice of a practical consultant, the travel notes of a writer, reflections on 'eternal' questions, and everyday sketches. The discussion of the phenomenon of power in everyday life is accompanied by the author's storytelling-parables. The book is intended for readers interested in issues of power and interpersonal influence.