{"product_id":"hard-soft-and-smart-power-education-as-a-power-resource-9783631732212","title":"Hard, Soft, and Smart Power – Education as a","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 resource.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePower in International Relations – Issues of Soft Power – Resources of Power: Hard, Soft, and Smart – Education as a Resource of Power – Case study of Kazakhstan – Education as a Power Resource in Kazakhstan – International Education\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044403020119,"sku":"9783631732212","price":32.63,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783631732212.jpg?v=1750961506","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hard-soft-and-smart-power-education-as-a-power-resource-9783631732212","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}