Soft Power beyond the Nation

An innovative, interdisciplinary perspective on soft power in history, moving beyond the framework of the nation-state

Starting in the nineteenth century, as world events became more interconnected than ever, and as public opinion began to weigh on democratic governments, nations employed new communication strategies and propaganda to gain global influence and prestige. Soft power strategies were used by different nation-states, and by supranational and nonstate actors, that wanted to gain influence on the international stage.

Soft Power Beyond the Nation takes a distinct approach to the study of soft power in history, moving beyond the framework of the nation-state. The volume editors use "soft power" to refer to the processes through which persuasion, the search for influence and power, and public opinion converge in the international arena. The book is organized on the basis of three central themes: the transnational circulation of knowledge and strategies of public diplomacy across borders, collaboration of intermediary actors of soft power whose interests did not always coincide with those of the state, and the role played by nonnational identities, such as gender and race, in soft power.

Soft Power Beyond the Nation enriches the historiographical study of soft power, broadening its temporal and spatial scope and refreshing it with new perspectives on transnationalism, gender, and race. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of history and international relations.

Contributor: Camila Gatica Mizala (Contributions by), Michael L. Krenn (Contributions by), Rui Kohiyama (Contributions by), Meredith L. Roman (Contributions by), Sylvia Dummer Scheel (Contributions by), Drew Flanagan (Contributions by), Kelly R. Colvin (Contributions by), Cyril Cordoba (Contributions by), Claire Nicolas (Contributions by), Maria Montt Strabucchi (Contributions by), Coline Desportes (Contributions by), Charlotte Faucher (Contributions by), Chandrika Kaul (Contributions by), Sylvia Dummer Scheel (Edited by), Charlotte Faucher (Edited by), Camila Gatica Mizala (Edited by)

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