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Sanctions and Signals: How International Sanction Threats Trigger Domestic Protest in Targeted Regimes
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Abstract Western powers often turn to international sanctions in order to exert pressure on incumbent governments and signal their support for the opposition. Yet whether, and through what mechanisms, sanctions trigger protest remains unclear. We argue that sanction threats work as an international stamp of ... mehr
Western powers often turn to international sanctions in order to exert pressure on incumbent governments and signal their support for the opposition. Yet whether, and through what mechanisms, sanctions trigger protest remains unclear. We argue that sanction threats work as an international stamp of approval for would-be protesters; they encourage collective action against governments. Moreover, sanction threats send particularly clear and coherent signals if multiple senders issue them and if they focus on human rights, which makes such sanctions threats more effective in sparking social unrest. Using count models of protest activity, we find strong support for our arguments. We corroborate our findings with qualitative evidence from the case of Zimbabwe.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
innere Sicherheit; Sanktion; Wirkung; Auswirkung; Bedeutung; Rolle; Legitimität; Legitimation; statistische Analyse; Fallstudie; politischer Konflikt; Protestverhalten; Opposition; Menschenrechte; Simbabwe; südliches Afrika
Klassifikation
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
Internationale politische Konflikte; Innerstaatlicher Konflikt; Politischer Protest; Multilateral; Menschenrechtsschutz
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Seitenangabe
S. 86-97
Zeitschriftentitel
International Studies Quarterly, 61 (2017) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqw044
ISSN
0020-8833
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)