Economic Sanctions and Presidential Decisions : Models of Political Rationality

Economic sanctions: panacea, symbolic but ineffectual, or useless and counterproductive? While these questions have framed much the existing debate, Drury digs deeper to why foreign policy leaders, and especially the president, choose sanctions, of which type, whether to sustain them, and when to terminate them. Skilfully integrating domestic and international factors, and placing the analysis of sanctions directly into the mainstream of strategic studies and decision theory, this book breaks new ground with its innovative argument and thorough testing using a variety of databases. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-7 Economic Coercion in Theory and Practice....Pages 8-31 Evaluating Sanction Effectiveness....Pages 32-58 Why Does the President Sanction? Beyond the Conventional Wisdom....Pages 59-89 When Does the President Sanction? An Empirical Analysis....Pages 90-131 Is There a Target Selection Bias?....Pages 132-142 The Decision to Modify an Economic Sanction Policy....Pages 143-158 What Kinds of Sanctions Does the President Use? Domestic Constraints and Incentives....Pages 159-174 Conclusions and Implications....Pages 175-189 Back Matter....Pages 190-225 Skilfully integrating domestic and international factors, and placing the analysis of sanctions directly into the mainstream of strategic studies and decision theory, this book offers innovative argument and testing using a variety of databases