TY - BOOK AU - Nye, Joseph S. TI - Soft power: the means to success in world politics SN - 9781586483067 U1 - 327.73NYE PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Public Affairs KW - Power (Social sciences) --United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power" in the late 1980s. It is now used frequently?and often incorrectly?by political leaders, editorial writers, and academics around the world. So what is soft power? Soft power lies in the ability to attract and persuade. Whereas hard power?the ability to coerce?grows out of a country's military or economic might, soft power arises from the attractiveness of a country's culture, political ideals, and policies ER -