Sanctions can be counter-productive in instigating democratic reform in authoritarian regimes

Grauvogel, Julia and von Soest, Christian (2015) Sanctions can be counter-productive in instigating democratic reform in authoritarian regimes. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (17 Jan 2015). Website.

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International sanctions are one of the most commonly used tools to instigate democratisation in the post-Cold War era. However, despite long-term sanction pressure from the West, non-democratic rule has proven to be extremely persistent. Based on new research from 1990 to 2011, Julia Grauvogel and Christian von Soest provide new insights for the research on sanctions and on authoritarian regimes. Most significantly, sanctions strengthen authoritarian rule if the regime manages to incorporate their existence into its legitimation strategy.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2015 The Authors, USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2015 15:46
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 23:46
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/60898

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