POLS 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hard Power, Soft Power
6 Apr 2016
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The ability of a state to make other states act in its favor by threatening the use of military force or any other form of coercion: economic power. The ability of a state to make other states act in its favor by either ofering trade deals or economic incentives or by threatening the removal of trade deals and/or the use of sanctions: soft power. The ability of a state to make other states act in its favor by relying on positive relationships and agreements. The use of hard power in the international system often generates resistance and resentment: because of this, soft power is becoming increasingly more useful to states who wish to convince others to act in a certain way. Power difusion: some types of issues are not solvable by the types of power that states have, so other actors must use their inluence to create a solution.
