Societies Under Siege

Societies Under Siege
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9780191066252
ISBN-13 : 0191066257
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Book Synopsis Societies Under Siege by : Lee Jones

Download or read book Societies Under Siege written by Lee Jones and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, international economic sanctions are imposed in response to virtually every serious international crisis, whether to promote regime change and democratisation, punish armed aggression, or check nuclear proliferation. But how exactly is the economic pain inflicted by sanctions supposed to translate into political gain? What are the mechanisms by which sanctions operate - or fail to operate? This is the first comparative study of this vital question. Drawing on Gramscian state theory, Societies Under Siege provides a novel analytical framework to study how sanctions are mediated through the domestic political economy and state-society relations of target states and filter through into political outcomes - whether those sought by the states imposing sanctions or, as frequently occurs, unintended and even highly perverse consequences. Detailed case studies of sanctions aimed at regime change in three pivotal cases - South Africa, Iraq and Myanmar - are used to explore how different types of sanctions function across time and space. These case studies draw on extensive fieldwork interviews, archival documents and leaked diplomatic cables to provide a unique insight into how undemocratic regimes targeted by sanctions survive or fall.


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