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    STUDIA EUROPAEA - Issue no. 1 / 2010  
         
  Article:   THE IMPORTANCE OF SOFT POWER IN THE CONCEPT OF EMPIRES AND GREAT POWERS.

Authors:  ALBERT P. VAN GOUDOEVER.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  Recent literature on great powers and/or empires in world history shows not only the conventional aspects of military and economic power. They pay attention to new factors that usually were neglected, like the argument of cultural cohesion, cross‐border migration, innovation and systems of governance. Many studies include the history of non‐European powers and try to present an analytical view of global developments through many centuries. This contribution tries to show some of the new elements within the general context of rise, consolidation and decline, even re‐occurring great powers.

Key words: soft power, empires, great powers, systems of governance, theory 

 
         
     
         
         
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