IB GLOBAL POLITICS | Q&A Latest 2024/2025 | 100% PASS

IB GLOBAL POLITICS | Q&A Latest 2024/2025 | 100% PASS Power (decision making) "A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do." (Dahl) Power (agenda setting) "Real power is about deciding or limiting what is discussed and, more importantly, what is not discussed" (Bachrach and Baratz) Power (manipulating desires) "The most effective and insidious use of power is to prevent such conflict from arising in the first place." (Lukes) Hard power Achieving aims through force or threat thereof e.g. military force against Gaddafi's Libya 2011Soft power Achieving aims through persuasion or influence e.g. Iran nuclear deal 2015 Smart power Achieving aims through force, persuasion and influence e.g. Chinese investment in Africa Power-knowledge (Foucault) Power is everywhere' and 'comes from everywhere' so in this sense is neither an agency nor a structure. Instead it is a kind of 'regime of truth' that pervades society, and which is in constant flux and negotiation. Foucault uses this to signify that power is co