Societies Under Siege: Exploring How International Economic Sanctions (Do Not) Work
Autor Lee Jonesen Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 oct 2015
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780198749325
ISBN-10: 0198749325
Pagini: 254
Dimensiuni: 175 x 235 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0198749325
Pagini: 254
Dimensiuni: 175 x 235 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Recenzii
Societies under siege is a sophisticated account of how, and why, economic sanctions applied in recent years to South Africa, Iraq and Myanmar affected the politics of those three countries without achieving the goals that the Western politicians which dictated them intended.
The final chapter, written like the entire volume with verve, passion and a moral commitment, without losing the chance for a joke or witticism, summarises the entire argument cogently.
[B]oth timely and timeless. It is an extremely timely wake-up call reminding any remaining intervention optimists of the moral and practical responsibility that follows from using sanctions without a qualified idea of how they will work on the ground. Highlighting the importance of local conditions is also a timeless message to an IR audience that far too often disregards qualitative difference in the search for quantifiable measurements... Buy the book, or ask your library to do so. You will have the pleasure to read an unusually elegant and thought-provoking piece of solid scholarly work.
The volume undoubtedly makes a key contribution to the field indeed, one that was sorely needed: an evaluation of how sanctions interact with the economic and political dynamics in the target society, and more specifically, how they affect domestic power relations... an excellent contribution to the literature... it closes a long identified, overdue gap while putting in place a highly useful analytical framework... [that] can be readily employed by policy-makers interested in assessing the situation in the target society and crafting a sanctions strategy.
Thanks to this work, I understand the world in ways that I did not before... It has also helped me to develop a research agenda... From pro-Palestinian activism to the politics of vaccine refusal, this book has something for everyone... Let Lee Jones shatter your illusions one perfectly crafted sentence at a time.
A seminal study...
A sophisticated account...with convincing arguments... He applies his theory with a degree of sophistication which is impressive... the case studies are each informed by and greatly strengthened by the author's historical approach... written... with verve, passion, and a moral commitment, without losing the chance for a joke or witticism...The recommendations for policy advocates and policy makers...are good, common sense...
Proponents of international sanctions regimes usually argue that by restricting economic interactions and thus creating popular discontent, sanctions can put pressure on governments to change their policies. But in closely examining the various ways in which sanctions affect the interests, resources, and strategies of different political groups, Jones finds that things dont always turn out that way... Jones' central message is that enthusiasm for sanctions should be tempered by an appreciation of their complex, unpredictable, and sometimes counterproductive effects. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
The question of how economic coercion translates into political change has remained under-examined. Lee Jones' book addresses this void...This book is characterised by several strong points. First, the book's conclusion is convincing and important: foreign policy outcomes are always driven by a target state's internal socio-political conflict. While sanctions may influence this conflict, they are unable to overwhelm local conditions' Second, the book's theoretical perspective proves well-suited to unravel the complex ways in which sanctions impact on target states' internal power relations. Moreover, by carefully embedding his study in sanctions theory, the author illustrates the usefulness of theory for applied sanctions research. Third, the three case studies are empirically and historically rich, as they build on a large number of qualitative interviews and archival data.
The final chapter, written like the entire volume with verve, passion and a moral commitment, without losing the chance for a joke or witticism, summarises the entire argument cogently.
[B]oth timely and timeless. It is an extremely timely wake-up call reminding any remaining intervention optimists of the moral and practical responsibility that follows from using sanctions without a qualified idea of how they will work on the ground. Highlighting the importance of local conditions is also a timeless message to an IR audience that far too often disregards qualitative difference in the search for quantifiable measurements... Buy the book, or ask your library to do so. You will have the pleasure to read an unusually elegant and thought-provoking piece of solid scholarly work.
The volume undoubtedly makes a key contribution to the field indeed, one that was sorely needed: an evaluation of how sanctions interact with the economic and political dynamics in the target society, and more specifically, how they affect domestic power relations... an excellent contribution to the literature... it closes a long identified, overdue gap while putting in place a highly useful analytical framework... [that] can be readily employed by policy-makers interested in assessing the situation in the target society and crafting a sanctions strategy.
Thanks to this work, I understand the world in ways that I did not before... It has also helped me to develop a research agenda... From pro-Palestinian activism to the politics of vaccine refusal, this book has something for everyone... Let Lee Jones shatter your illusions one perfectly crafted sentence at a time.
A seminal study...
A sophisticated account...with convincing arguments... He applies his theory with a degree of sophistication which is impressive... the case studies are each informed by and greatly strengthened by the author's historical approach... written... with verve, passion, and a moral commitment, without losing the chance for a joke or witticism...The recommendations for policy advocates and policy makers...are good, common sense...
Proponents of international sanctions regimes usually argue that by restricting economic interactions and thus creating popular discontent, sanctions can put pressure on governments to change their policies. But in closely examining the various ways in which sanctions affect the interests, resources, and strategies of different political groups, Jones finds that things dont always turn out that way... Jones' central message is that enthusiasm for sanctions should be tempered by an appreciation of their complex, unpredictable, and sometimes counterproductive effects. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
The question of how economic coercion translates into political change has remained under-examined. Lee Jones' book addresses this void...This book is characterised by several strong points. First, the book's conclusion is convincing and important: foreign policy outcomes are always driven by a target state's internal socio-political conflict. While sanctions may influence this conflict, they are unable to overwhelm local conditions' Second, the book's theoretical perspective proves well-suited to unravel the complex ways in which sanctions impact on target states' internal power relations. Moreover, by carefully embedding his study in sanctions theory, the author illustrates the usefulness of theory for applied sanctions research. Third, the three case studies are empirically and historically rich, as they build on a large number of qualitative interviews and archival data.
Notă biografică
Lee Jones is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at Queen Mary, University of London and Research Associate at the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University. His research focuses on state-society relations, security and governance in developing countries, particularly Southeast Asia. Lee is author of ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) and, with Shahar Hameiri, Governing Borderless Threats: Non-Traditional Security and the Politics of State Transformation (Cambridge University Press, 2015). He has frequently advised governments and non-governmental organisations in Europe and Asia and appears regularly in national and international media. Lee blogs at TheDisorderofThings.com and tweets @DrLeeJones.