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Soft power: the evolution of a concept

Journal of Political Power, 2021
In this paper, I respond to the editors request that I look back on the concept of soft power that I first published in 1990. I describe my approach to power; explain the origins of the soft power concept in relation to the academic debates in ...
J. Nye
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Soft Power

Scientific American, 2023
Abstract The visa lottery helped make concrete the possibility of emigrating to the United States, even as it reinforced idealized imagined versions of American life in people’s minds. Lottery applicants as well as visa entrepreneurs amplified images of the United States as a dreamland, reflecting global inequalities and aspirations for ...
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Foreign Aid and Soft Power: Great Power Competition in Africa in the Early Twenty-first Century

British Journal of Political Science, 2021
Is foreign aid an effective instrument of soft power? Does it generate affinity for donor countries and the values they espouse? This article answers these questions in the context of Chinese aid to Africa and the competing aid regime of the United ...
R. Blair, R. Marty, P. Roessler
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Chinese Soft Power

, 2022
This Element presents an overarching analysis of Chinese visions and practices of soft power. Maria Repnikova's analysis introduces the Chinese theorization of the idea of soft power, as well as its practical implementation across global contexts.
M. Repnikova
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Esteem and influence: soft power in international politics

Journal of Political Power, 2022
The vast literature and references in policy circles that have followed Nye’s seminal article of 1990 attest to the now extraordinary status of soft power in the study of international politics. And yet much has been neglected. The collection of articles
G. Gallarotti
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Soft Power

, 2021
Soft power is a perennial buzzword in policy discussions, but its popularity has not translated into scholarly or policy impact. In this policy article, I argue that this is because many references to soft power are vague and undefined, referring to ...
Peter S. Henne
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Soft power

Encyclopedia of Sport Management, 2021
Alex Gang, Colton T. Ames
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The internationalisation of China’s higher education: soft power with ‘Chinese characteristics’

Comparative Education, 2020
Recent research has focused either on the internationalisation of China’s higher education (HE) as soft power, or on soft power with ‘Chinese characteristics’. There is a paucity of research combining these two foci.
T. Lo, Suyan Pan
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Soft Power Sports Sponsorship – A Social Network Analysis of a New Sponsorship Form

Journal of Political Marketing, 2020
Although commonly associated with commercial organizations utilizing it as a form of marketing communication, sponsorship has become an increasingly political activity.
S. Chadwick, P. Widdop, N. Burton
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Heritage as soft power: Japan and China in international politics

, 2020
The recent development of heritage industries and national heritage promotions in non-Western countries opens a new space for international cooperation and competition in ways that directly link to the power-political relations between states.
R. Nakano, Yujie Zhu
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