levo
Log inStart

Power and Developments

Different types of power: hard, soft and structural

  • 3 things to know
  • Component 3

Overview

Recall questions on hard, soft, structural and smart power, the examples of each, and the limits on what force and attraction can achieve.

What you need to know

Answer each one before you reveal it.

Your recallNot started
Key term

Give two examples of military hard power.

Key term

Give two examples of economic hard power.

Key term

Give two examples of diplomatic and cultural soft power.

Questions from this subtopic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

  1. 1

    What is power in the context of global politics?

    Model answer

    The capacity of one actor to shape the behaviour, choices or environment of another, whether by compelling it, persuading it, or setting the terms within which it acts.

  2. 2

    What is hard power?

    Model answer

    The use of coercion or inducement to make another actor do something it would not otherwise do, relying on tangible assets such as armed force and economic leverage.

  3. 3

    Give two examples of military hard power.

    Model answer

    Armed intervention or the threat of it, and the stationing of forces or deployment of naval strength to deter an opponent. Arms supplies to an ally are a further example.

  4. 4

    Give two examples of economic hard power.

    Model answer

    Sanctions and trade embargoes designed to impose costs, and aid, loans or preferential trade terms offered to secure compliance.

  5. 5

    What is soft power?

    Model answer

    The ability to obtain the outcomes you want because others admire your values, institutions or culture and are drawn to follow your lead, rather than because you have coerced or paid them.

  6. 6

    Who developed the concept of soft power?

    Model answer

    Joseph Nye, who argued that attraction and agenda-setting can achieve what force cannot, and that a state which squanders its reputation loses influence it cannot buy back.

See the rest and revise

Other ways to work this

The same content, four other ways.

What is inside Levo

Six ways to work the same material.

1Closed book
2Open book
3Closed book

The 3-step method, run for you

Answer cold, learn it, then prove it stuck. Levo tracks the jump between your first attempt and your last.

Democracy and Participation
Political Parties
Electoral Systems
Voting Behaviour and the Media

Cram a whole paper in one sitting

Sort every topic into what you know and what you do not, then drill only the weak ones.

Bhikhu Parekh ( –).
193519952000

Blank Blitz makes facts automatic

Rapid timed gap-fills on the terms and numbers you need to recall without thinking.

ACitizens elect representatives to govern on their behalf.
BRepresentatives are accountable through free, regular elections.
CGovernment is carried out through parties and Parliament.

Build It gets the exam shape right

Assemble a full-mark answer from its marking points, in the order an examiner wants them.

Patriotism means attachment to one’s country.
TrueFalse

Test It catches misconceptions

Spot the fault in a statement. The traps are the mistakes students actually make.

721941163128510

Brain Breaks between sessions

Short focus games to reset attention, so the next set lands better than the last.

Every question in Power and Developments, on a schedule.

Attempt a question from memory, write the correct version, then attempt it again. Levo records the jump between your first attempt and your last, and brings each question back on the day you are due to forget it.

Start revising, £5 a monthSee how the method works

Or £46 a year, about £3.83 a month. Cancel anytime.