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Autore |
Jones Lee |
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Titolo |
Societies under siege : exploring how international economic sanctions (do not) work |
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New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic sanctions |
International economic relations |
International Commerce |
Commerce |
Business & Economics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : the sanctions debate : the mainstream sanctions debate -- Shifting the debate : towards "mechanisms" -- Outline of the book. 1. A political theory of sanctions : liberal theories of sanctions -- Public choice theories of sanctions -- Institutionalist "regime type" approaches -- The neo-Weberian theory of sanctions -- A social conflict analysis of sanctions -- SCA'S basic foundations : Gramscian state theory -- Social conflict analysis of sanctions -- Methodology. 2. South Africa : sanctioning apartheid : South Africa's coalitional struggles -- Classical apartheid : from colonial origins to the 1960s -- "Reform apartheid" : from the 1970s to the 1980s -- The impact of early sanctions : oil and arms -- The oil embargo -- The arms embargo -- The long-term consequences -- Later sanctions : disinvestment, finance, and trade -- Disinvestment -- Finance and trade -- Impact on social conflict -- Conclusion. 3. Myanmar : sanctioning military rule : Myanmar's coalitional struggles -- Social conflict in Myanmar from independence to 1990 -- The military regime's coalitional and transition strategy -- The opposition coalition and transition strategy -- The material and distributional consequences of sanctions -- Trade : reorientation towards Asia -- Garments -- Timber -- Jade and |
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gemstones -- Investment : concentrating development in Asian-oriented primary sectors -- Disinvestment -- Tourism -- The dollar ban -- Overseas aid and assistance -- Targeted sanctions : visa bans and asset freezes -- Arms embargoes -- Summary -- Sanctions' impact on coalitional struggles -- The ruling SLORC/SPDC Coalition -- The Opposition Coalition -- Conclusion. 4. Iraq : sanctioning dictatorship : Iraq's coalitional struggles -- Iraq's ruling coalition -- The Opposition Coalition -- The economic impact of sanctions on Iraq -- Phase one: 1990-6 -- Phase two: 1996-2003 -- The impact of sanctions on Iraqi social conflict: 1990-6 -- Regime responses, 1990-2 -- Regime responses, 1992-6 -- Sanctions and the Iraqi Opposition, 1990-6 -- Iraq's coalitional struggles under the OFFP -- Regime responses to the OFFP -- The Opposition under the OFFP -- Conclusion. Conclusion : sanctions and ruling coalitions -- Sanctions and opposition forces -- Targeted sanctions: not so "Smart?" -- Rethinking the appeal of sanctions -- Recommendations for sanctions advocates and policymakers -- Abandon analogical reasoning -- Planning and evaluating sanctions. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Moving beyond the question of whether international economic sanctions work, this book explores how they work - or fail to work - to transform target societies and states. |
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