Soft Power The Means to Success in World Politics

Name: Soft Power The Means to Success in World Politics
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ISBN: 9781586483067

ISBN-10: 1586483064

ISBN-13: 9781586483067

Edition: 2006

Authors: Joseph S. Nye, Joseph S. Nye

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Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power" in the late 1980s. It is now used frequently--and often incorrectly--by political leaders, editorial writers, and academics around the world. So what is soft power? Soft power lies in the ability to attract and persuade. Whereas hard power--the ability to coerce--grows out of a country's military or economic might, soft power arises from the attractiveness of a country's culture, political ideals, and policies. Hard power remains crucial in a world of states trying to guard their independence and of non-state groups willing to turn to violence. It forms the core of the Bush administration's new national security strategy. But according to Nye, the…

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List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 4/27/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.27" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Changing Nature of Power



Sources of American Soft Power



Others' Soft Power



Wielding Soft Power



Soft Power and American Foreign Policy


Notes


Index