Questions about the Soft Power poster

What’s on the Soft Power poster?

Hard power against Soft power, side by side. Hard power: Military and economic coercion; Hard power: Sanctions, force, inducements; Hard power: Effects are fast and measurable; Hard power: Resented, and costly to sustain; Hard power: Directly controlled by the state; Soft power: Attraction of culture and values; Soft power: Perceived legitimacy of policy; Soft power: Slow to build, easily damaged; Soft power: Cheaper to maintain; Soft power: Largely outside state control; Soft power is undermined by conduct that contradicts stated values. It cannot be manu…. Educational reference. Much of a country's soft power comes from its civil society, not its government.

Who is the Soft Power poster for?

Soft Power belongs to the Political Science section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning international relations can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Soft Power poster?

Culture, values and policy legitimacy that make others want what you want. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Soft Power belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Soft Power?

Institutions Without Government, Anarchy & the Security Dilemma and Balance of Power sit alongside Soft Power in the Political Science section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Institutions Without GovernmentAnarchy & the Security DilemmaBalance of Power

Is the Soft Power poster free to download and print?

Yes. Soft Power downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Political Science section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Soft Power poster print at?

Soft Power is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Soft Power loses nothing.Printing guide