A Conceptual Framework for Sanctions

David W. Hunter

Chapter 4 in Western Trade Pressure on the Soviet Union, 1991, pp 41-52 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The term sanction originates from an expression of ancient Roman law, and connotes the penalty for a crime.1 A different, more value-neutral definition of sanction prevails under contemporary concepts of international relations. Values are irrelevant to state action except to justify for propaganda purposes a state’s unique interests or pattern of behavior. Sanctions are not defined as punishment of crime, or righting of wrong, since a crime presupposes the existence of a framework or system of law.2 Instead, sanctions are conceptually contained as amoral attempts by states to manipulate human values, with the purpose of achieving political ends.3

Keywords: Relative Deprivation; Positive Power; European Economic Community; Target Country; Economic Sanction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-12002-4_4

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