The Power of Partnership: Seven Relationships that Will Change Your Life [Paperback]

Ph.D. Riane Eisler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2003

This powerful book urges readers to examine their relationships — with themselves, their families, their work and communities, their spirituality, and the environment — to determine which of two models dictates their behavior, and then shows how they can improve. The dominator model is based on fear; the partnership model on respect. With practical suggestions for breaking free of the dominator model and moving into partnership, this book shows how respect in relationships can create a better life and a better world. Charts and tables are included.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Stunning…the map to a world that works for all of us.” — Marianne Williamson, author of Everyday Grace “This wonderful book could not be more timely, nor more magnificent. Riane Eisler gives us the tools to transform our lives and our culture to promote a more sustainable, just, and thriving way of life for all.” — John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America “The right medicine for virtually everything that ails our society and planet.…A brilliantly accessible plan for transforming ourselves and our world.” — Christiane Northrup, MD, author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom “Great book. Great ideas.” — Morris Dees, cofounder of the Southern Poverty Law Center --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: New World Library (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577314085
• ISBN-13: 978-1577314080
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Riane Eisler is internationally known for her bestseller The Chalice and The Blade, now in 25 foreign editions, as well as Sacred Pleasure, The Power of Partnership, and Tomorrow's Children. Her newest book, The Real Wealth of Nations -- hailed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu as "a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking" and by Gloria Steinem as "revolutionary" - proposes a new approach to economics that gives visibility and value to the most essential human work: the work of caring for people and for our natural environment.

She is president of the Center for Partnership Studies and keynotes conferences worldwide, with venues including invitations by Rita Suessmuth, President of the German Parliament, and by Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic.

Dr. Eisler is a leader for peace, environmental sustainability, economic equity, and human rights - pioneering the extension of human rights protection to "women's rights" and "children's rights." With Nobel Peace laureate Betty Williams, she co-founded the Spiritual Alliance to Stop Intimate Violence (SAIV), www.saiv.net. She is president of the Center for Partnership Studies, www.partnershipway.org,, has received many honors, including honorary Ph.D. degrees, the Alice Paul ERA Education Award, and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's 2009 Distinguished Peace Leadership Award, and is in the award-winning book Great Peacemakers as one of 20 leaders for world peace, along with Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King.

She can be contacted at [e-mail].
Her websites are http://www.partnershipway.org and http://www.rianeeisler.com

Customer Reviews

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Power of Politics, April 18, 2002

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del jones (tucson, az USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Power of Partnership: The Seven Relationships that Will Change Your Life (Hardcover)

The Power of Partnership is a readable, "doable" book! It starts with the individual, moves to intimate relationships, relationships in organizations, workplaces, and communities. For all of life is relationships and until we learn how to live them out in a respectful (partnership) mode, we are stuck in the control (dominator) model.
Eisler's guide at the end of each chapter tells us where to go from here: from thinking to next steps action and even more.
Great for book study groups, peace and justice groups and even for an individual who is ready to take a leadership role, or even just one next step.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring and Practical, April 7, 2002

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Sylvia G. Johnson (Mountain View, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Power of Partnership: The Seven Relationships that Will Change Your Life (Hardcover)

This book is inspirational and practical at the same time. As a therapist it is proving to be a powerful tool that helps my clients place what is going on in their lives in a greater context. This awareness facilitates the development of a wider range of choices about how to live their lives in a way that honors relationships and connectedness. Check lists at the end of each chapter which encourage the reader to begin making the changes that Eilser talks about in a step by step approach ease any anxiety about how to begin the process. I have found it an invaluable adjunct to the therapeutic process as well as a book I will refer to again and again for my own personal development.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE WAYS OF THE WORLD......., March 13, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Power of Partnership: The Seven Relationships that Will Change Your Life (Hardcover)

"There are two basic types of relationships, explains Riane Eisler in "The Power of Partnership: Seven Relationships That Will Change Your Life." The "dominator model" is based on intimidation, while the "partnership model" is based on mutual respect. Most people have some of each in their lives, and Eisler explains how to effectively adopt partnership models for all relationships, whether with family, colleagues, the "international community" or with nature. Written in a simple, no-nonsense style, Eisler's book offers a new paradigm for looking at the way we interact with the world around us."...