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

1st Edition

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

Edited By Inderjeet Parmar, Michael Cox Copyright 2010
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge
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The rise of widespread negative attitudes towards US foreign policy, especially due to the war of aggression against Iraq and the subsequent military occupation of the country – has brought new attention to the meaning and instruments of soft power. In this edited collection, an outstanding line up of contributors provides the most extensive discussion of soft power to date. Soft power is the use... Read more

Introduction Inderjeet Parmar and Michael Cox  1. The Future of Soft Power in US Foreign Policy Joseph Nye Jr.  2. From Hegemony to Soft Power Geraldo Zahran and Leonardo Ramos  3. Soft Power and Strategy:Developing a 'Strategic' Concept of Power Edward Lock  4. The Unbearable Lightness of Soft Power Christopher Layne  5. The Power Game, Soft Power and the International Historian Till Geiger  6. Challenging Elite Anti-Americanism in the Cold War Inderjeet Parmar  7. Technological Leadership and American Soft Power John Krige  8. The Military Use of Soft Power - Information Campaigns: The Challenge of Application, Their Audiences and Effects Angus Taverner  9. Public Diplomacy and the Information War on Terror Philip Taylor  10. Soft Power in an Era of US Decline Giles Scott-Smith  11. Cheques and Balances: the EU's Soft Power Strategey Christopher Hill  12. The Myth and Reality of China's Soft Power Shogo Suzuki  13. Responding to my Critics and Concluding Thoughts Joseph Nye

Biography

Inderjeet Parmar is Professor of Government and Head of the Department of Politics, University of Manchester, UK. He has published several monographs and is the co-editor of the Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy series.

Michael Cox is Professor in the International Relations Department at LSE, UK. He is the author of numerous books and has edited several of the leading journals in international relations.

"The volume delivers on what it sets out to do, that is to offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of the ubiquitous concepts of hard, soft and smart power." - The International Spectator, Vol. 45, No. 4, December 2010, 104–106

'...the most exhaustive analysis available to date on soft power and its application to the theory and practice of power and foreign policy.' - The International Spectator, Volume 45, Issue 4, 2010, 106

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