Coercive Sanctions and International Conflicts A Sociological Theory New International Relations Series
Auteur : Jaeger Mark Daniel
Perhaps the most common question raised in the literature on coercive international sanctions is: "Do sanctions work?" Unsurprisingly, the answer to such a sweeping question remains inconclusive. However, even the widely-presumed logic of coercive sanctions ? that economic impact translates into effective political pressure ? is not the primary driver of conflict developments. Furthermore, existing rationalist-economistic approaches neglect one of the most striking differences seen across sanctions conflicts: the occurrence of positive sanctions or their combination with negative sanctions, implicitly taking them as logically indifferent.
Instead of asking whether sanctions work, this book addresses a more basic question: How do coercive international sanctions work, and more substantially, what are the social conditions within sanctions conflicts that are conducive to either cooperation or non-cooperation? Arguing that coercive sanctions and international conflicts are relational, socially-constructed facts, the author explores the (de-)escalation of sanctions conflicts from a sociological perspective. Whether sanctions are conducive to either cooperation or non-cooperation depends on the one hand on the meaning they acquire for opponents as inducing decisions upon mutual conflict. On the other hand, negative sanctions, positive sanctions, or their combination each contribute differently to the way in which opponents perceive conflict, and to its potential transformation. Thus, it is premature to ?predict? the political effectiveness of sanctions simply based on economic impact.
The book presents analyses of the sanctions conflicts between China and Taiwan and over Iran?s nuclear program, illustrating how negative sanctions, positive sanctions, and their combination made a distinct contribution to conflict development and prospects for cooperation. It will be of great interest to researchers, postgraduates and academics in the fields of international relations, sanctions, international security and international political sociology.
1. Introduction Part I - Conceptualizing International Sanctions Conflicts 2. Sanctions: Disconnected Theorizing of a Relational Phenomenon 3. A Sociological Theory of Coercive International Sanctions 4. Methodology & Methods Part II - Analysis: Sanctions and Conflict (De-)Escalation 5. Sticks, Carrots, and Conflict Transformation: China’s Sanctions against Taiwan 6. Escalating and De-Escalating Conflict: Sanctions on Iran’s Nuclear Program 7. Evolving Sanctions Strategies, Changing Conflict Observations Part III - Conclusion 8. Conclusion & Implications
Mark Daniel Jaeger is a post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Advanced Security Theory, University of Copenhagen.
Date de parution : 06-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 05-2018
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes de Coercive Sanctions and International Conflicts :
Mots-clés :
Sanctions Conflicts; Sanctions Strategy; coercive sanctions; Identity Incompatibilities; sanction conflict; Chen Administration; international sanctions; Cross-Strait Conflict; political pressure; Conflict Observation; economic impact; international conflicts; Mohsen Rezaei; positive sanctions; Conflict Transformation; negative sanctions; Prognostic Framing; New International Relations; Utility Rationale; Niklas Luhmann; Mustafa Emirbayer; Cross-Strait Relations; cooperation; Similar Systems Design; non-cooperation; USD 23bn; securitization; Security Speech Act; conflict development; Process Tracing; Roc Government; Supreme Leader Khamenei; Case Selection Rationale; DPP Government; Data Set; NPT Safeguard Agreement; Iran’s Nuclear Program