Hard, Soft, and Smart Power – Education as a Power Resource, 1st Edition eBook

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In the current global context, there is a shift in power paradigm from the rigid realpolitik perspective towards the inclusion of multiple faces of power. This publication focuses on the power forms identified by Joseph Nye: hard, soft, and smart, and evaluates education as a resource of power. Resource ambiguity is one of the key shortcomings of soft power theory. Education is a smart power resource since it has both hard and soft power characteristics. The case study of Kazakhstan reveals that international educational programs allow education to become a power resourceve up to 80% versus print by going digital with VitalSource. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9783631732236, 9783631732243.