This book would not have been possible without the many years of inspirational exchange with Constanze Miller as well as with our friends, colleagues, clients, business partners and decision-makers from politics, business, civil society and academia. So many people contributed important input to Power and its Logic through discussions, lectures or publications that we are not able to mention them all by name. Nevertheless, special thanks are due to the staff at Miller & Meier
Consulting and especially to Martin Alves for the illustrations and graphics. Since the publication of the original German edition, we have had ample opportunity to discuss our findings and, thus, improve upon the English translation. In this con- text, we have benefitted greatly from the suggestions and constructive criticism of
Carsten Diercks, Gerd Kräh, Stéphane Beemelmans, Egon Flaig, Klemens Joos, Jakob Lempp, Peter Scholz, Dominique Reber, Erhard Weimann and Maria-Luise Schneider. Also, several insightful media reviews, most importantly by Thomas
Sigmund and Isabell Trommer, have helped us refining our approach and methodology.
