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Between Soft Power and a Hard Place

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  • Jaime Preciado Coronado

    (Department of Latin American and Iberian Studies, University of Guadalajara, Nueva Escocia 1644, Providencia, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico CP 44630, japreco@megared.com.mx)

Abstract

Following the classic international relations theory of Joseph Nye, this article tries to identify his influence in the Bush Doctrine. The ‘hard power’ determines the unilateralism of the military in the foreign affairs of the US government. The ‘soft power’ is legitimized by the very values on which the Bush Doctrine is based, such as ‘civilization’, and ‘democratic’ values, but they are questioned as hegemonic. Inter-American relations show how these tensions between hard and soft power highlight the differences between the Department of State and the militarist branch of the government, through their ideologues, around the struggle of the United States’ worldwide hegemony.

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  • Jaime Preciado Coronado, 2005. "Between Soft Power and a Hard Place," Journal of Developing Societies, , vol. 21(3-4), pages 321-335, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jodeso:v:21:y:2005:i:3-4:p:321-335
    DOI: 10.1177/0169796X05058291
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