Assessment of Soft Power Strategies: Towards an Aggregative Analytical Model for Country-Focused Case Study Research

The paper advances a realist analytical model for case studies of national soft power policies. First, it argues that for the purposes of realist analysis, a soft power policy must be considered as a rational strategy pursued under the conditions of competition. Furthermore, it emphasises the import...

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Main Author: Patalakh Artem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-10-01
Series:Croatian International Relations Review
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cirr.2016.22.issue-76/cirr-2016-0007/cirr-2016-0007.xml?format=INT