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Joseph Nye defines 'hard power' as the ability to do what?
APromote freedom of speech through internet
BGet others to act in ways contrary to their preferences and wills
CFund educational exchange programs
DPersuade others through cultural attraction as per the chapter
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Get others to act in ways contrary to their preferences and wills
1. The 'Do you know?' box on Nye distinguishes hard and soft power.
2. Hard power is 'the ability to get others to act in ways that are contrary to their preferences and wills'.
3. This is the ability to coerce, through threats and inducements.
4. The other options describe soft power examples.
_Source: Maharashtra Balbharati Std XII Political Science, Ch 1 "The World since 1991", §1.2 ¶3_