Political Science · International Relations
UGC NET December 2015 Political Science
Who is given the credit for coining the term 'Soft Power'?
AJoseph Nye ✓ Correct
BN Alarcon
CRobert Keohane
DS Chesterman
Correct answer: (A) Joseph Nye — The term soft power was coined by Joseph Nye.
Explanation
★The term soft power was coined by Joseph Nye.
★Nye developed the idea at Harvard University in the late 1980s.
★Soft power is the ability to get what one wants through attraction and persuasion rather than coercion.
★It rests on a state's culture, political values and foreign policy.
★It contrasts with hard power, which uses military force and economic payment.
★Nye later combined the two ideas in the concept of smart power.
★Robert Keohane often worked with Nye on interdependence but did not coin this term.
★Soft power is now a standard concept in the study of influence in world politics.
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