Soft Power and US Foreign Policy: Theoretical, Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

by Inderjeet Parmar (Editor), Michael Cox (Editor)

Soft power is the use of attraction and persuasion rather than the use of coercion or force in foreign policy. This volume features a brand new chapter by Joseph Nye outlining his views on soft, hard andsmartpower and offers a critique of the Bush administrations inadequacies. The other contributions to the volume respond to Nye's views from a range of theoretical, historical and policy perspectives giving new insights in to both soft power and the concept of power itself.

Genres: International Relations, Politics

236 pages, ebook

First published March 12, 2010