Coercion as a type of political diffusion: cognitive-ideological model of reception

Abstract

Crises in relations between countries are an important factor of ‘disseminating’ (diffusion) of new ideological values and attitudes through sanctions or strategies of ‘soft power’. The research result is the developed model of cognitive-ideological reception of coercive political diffusion. Its elements are the system of ideas, the means of cognitive activity, and the system of diffuse networks connecting the ‘recipients’ and the ‘donors’. The research is significant for developing the state policy methodology, determining the character of diffuse networks as a communicator of coercion and a ‘soft power’ resource and correlation between explicit and implicit processes and their characteristics.