Economic sanctions reconsidered : history and current policy

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Economic sanctions reconsidered : history and current policy

Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Jeffrey J. Schott ; assisted by Kimberly Ann Elliott

Institute for International Economics , Distributed by MIT Press, 1985

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Bibliography: p. 93-95

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

:MIT Press ISBN 9780262081399

Description

Now, a new third edition of the study chronicles and examines 170 cases of economic sanctions imposed since World War I.
Volume

ISBN 9780881320176

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Introduction: lessons drawn from case studies
  • historical overview
  • the cyclical popularity of sanctions
  • sender countries and their motives
  • limitations on the use of sanctions
  • plan of the book. Part 2 Anatomy of a sanctions episode: senders and targets
  • type of sanctions
  • foreign policy goals
  • overview of the variables
  • the success of an episode
  • companion policy measures
  • length of sanctions
  • international co-operation
  • international assistance to the target country
  • economic health and political stability
  • prior relations between sender and target
  • estimating the costs
  • country size and trade links
  • analytic methods
  • on to the results. Part 3 Political variables: modest changes in policy
  • destabilizing a government
  • disrupting military adventures
  • impairing military potential
  • other major policy changes. Part 4 Economic variables: size of sender and target countries
  • trade linkages
  • type of sanction
  • the cost of sanctions. Part 5 Conclusions: are sanctions effective?
  • nine commandments
  • do's and don'ts. Appendices: statistical analysis of the effectiveness of sanctions
  • estimating the costs of sanctions - methodology
  • case abstracts.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA00845406
  • ISBN
    • 088132017X
    • 0262081393
  • LCCN
    84003755
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Washington, D.C.,Cambridge, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvi, 753 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Classification
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