Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: US Hegemony in World Politics

Question:

Which aspect of the hegemony of the US is about the capacity to ‘manufacture consent’?

Options:

Hegemony as Hard power

Structural Power

Hegemony as Soft power

None of the above

Correct Answer:

Hegemony as Soft power

Explanation:

It would however be a mistake to see US hegemony in purely military and economic terms without considering the ideological or cultural dimension of US hegemony. This third sense of hegemony is about the capacity to ‘manufacture consent’. Here, hegemony implies class ascendancy in the social, political and particularly ideological spheres.