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Special Issue of the Journal of Political Power on The Soft Power of the BRICS: some of the contents available online

The BRICS and soft power: an introduction http://www.tandfonline.com/…/…/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232284 Do the BRICS possess soft power?http://www.tandfonline.com/…/…/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232285 Brazil: analysis of a rising soft power http://www.tandfonline.com/…/…/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232286 The soft power of popular cinema – the case of India http://www.tandfonline.com/…/…/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232288 South Africa’s soft power conundrum: how to win friends and influence people in Africa http://www.tandfonline.com/…/…/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232290 Compound soft power: the BRICS and the multilateralization of soft power http://www.tandfonline.com/…/…/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232292 See Facebook Page also Facebook RC 36

RC 36 Panel at APSA Saturday Sept 3 at 4 pm

Dear RC 36 Members, In case you are at APSA and missed this, there is a Power panel on Saturday. We hope you can attend. See below for information ***** Social Transformations and the Changing Faces of Power Saturday, September 3, 4:00 to 5:30pm, Marriott, Room 409 Related Group Panel, International Political Science Association Research Committee No. 36, Political Power Co-sponsor: IPSA Research Committee 1 (Concepts and Methods) Panel abstract Political power can take many forms, shaped by—and shaping—wider social transformations. Since 1648 we have become accustomed to associating power with the consolidation of state institutions and identities, but diverse…

RC 36 Panel at APSA 2017

Dear RC 36 members. As usual we are invited to present a panel at APSA. Plans are underway for next year in 2017 in San Francisco. We are proposing a panel called Legitimacy as Power Abstract: All authority requires some legitimacy to rule without excessive force. This panel explores the power that legitimacy lends to authority in its many manifestations. The objective of this panel will be to try and look at the legitimacy of authority from a multidisciplinary perspective. Please send proposals to Mathilde Chatin [email protected] Sincerely Giulio Gallarotti 2017 APSA AM Theme Statement