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Showing 1 to 20 of 375 for “"Sanctions"”.
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Targeted Sanctions and Sovereignty in Zimbabwe
The emergence of targeted sanctions marked a moment of global optimism, wherein leaders who defied ‘acceptable’ international norms and other transgressors could face consequences, while at the same time shielding vulnerable populations from these consequences. This novel approach to sanctions …
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Criminal Justice Sanctions and Services: Exploring Potential
… united by a broad interest in criminal justice sanctions and services and by a particular interest in the progression of participatory, person-centred and progressive approaches within that space. Project one consists of a recognised prior learning claim for 50% of the award and draws on four …
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Strategic Third-Party Actors in Economic Sanctions
<p>Economic sanctions are a potent tool of coercive statecraft for states wishing to induce change in their targets' behavior. However, the sanctioning state and its target are not the only relevant stakeholders or strategic players in the dynamic. Third-party actors, be they other states, …
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Trade sanctions and their effect on international contracts
There are many different types of trade sanctions, including export and import bans, embargoes, freezing of funds, and bans on provisions of certain services. Trade sanctions can be used on an international, regional and national level. The main risks a contracting party may face due to trade …
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Target types and the efficacy of economic sanctions
This study of economic sanctions examines the contribution of the target country to sanction outcomes. The theoretical foundation of this research is predicated on the role that target country political attributes play in fashioning a response to the imposition of economic sanctions. Accordingly, …
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Lifting Failed Sanctions: Alliances, Reputations, and Instrumental Deference
Why do states persist in failed economic sanctions, and why do they sometimes abandon them without securing concessions? Existing scholarship overwhelmingly focuses on the target of sanctions, seeking to explain when and why targets comply. Far less attention has been devoted to the sender’s …
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Economic sanctions, resource wealth, and increased state utility
Economic sanctions have become an important tool in the hands of world leaders. As globalization has made the world a smaller place and increased the economic ties between nations; economic sanctions have become a preferred method of coercion among the economic powers of the world. As of today, the …
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Youth status achievement and legal sanctions: A longitudinal study
… A key issue in the debates is whether legal sanctions promote or hinder legitimate life chances for juvenile delinquents. This study aims to inform this ongoing debate by answering: (1) whether or not legal sanctions have adverse effects on status achievement of delinquents, and (2) what type …
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What Process is Due – Sanctions Regimes of Multilateral Development Banks
… However, less attention has been paid to the sanctions regimes that have been developed by multilateral development banks in order to combat fraud and corruption in their operations. This is likely to change in view of the fact that on 9 April 2010, the heads of five leading multilateral …
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Power and Humiliation in Foreign Policy: The Effects of Economic Sanctions
… politics through an examination of economic sanctions in selected countries. A theoretical argument is derived from punishment theories and analyzes the effects of punishment on the target, including subjugation, humiliation and resistance. Seven cases of economic sanctions are studied: Cuba, …
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Legislating Morality: Codes of Ethics and Sanctions Related to Teacher Misconduct
… and union coverage had a relationship with sanctions. Additionally, Kruskal-Wallis H tests determined that there are statistically significant differences in the number of sanctions between school districts in some states. The author recommends implementation of the E-CED approach — ethics …
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Under Pressure: Target Governments’ Domestic and Foreign Policy Responses to Economic Sanctions
How do targeted governments respond to economic sanctions? This dissertation contributes to the literature on sanctions effectiveness and, more specifically, on target governments’ strategies for mitigating the costs of sanctions. I argue that once sanctions are imposed, the target government …
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The More the Merrier: Collective Sanctions and the Modification of States' Behavior
Sanctions in South Africa and Libya were successful episodes because there was a definite change in the behavior on the part of the target. These sanctions episodes were successful because they were collectively imposed by a collection of States, achieved a change in behavior, as well as containing …
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‘Support and Sanctions’ A critical account of the professional ‘realities’ of homelessness
… by examining the dual practice of support and sanctions introduced under the Labour Administration 1997 - 2007.Conducted within and between five local authorities in the North West of England and inspired by the philosophical arguments of critical realism (Bhaskar, 1989) alongside Elder-Vass’s …
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Evaluating the Impact of Economic Sanctions on South Africa: A Synthetic Control Approach
… control method to measure the economic cost of sanctions imposed on South Africa between 1985 and 1994. The economic sanctions imposed on South Africa between 1985 and 1994 by the United Nations, the United States of America, and the European Community negatively affected the economy. This …
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The Role of the Magnitsky Transnational Advocacy Network in the Selection of Sanctions Targets
… other targeted human rights and anti-corruption sanctions. It examines the consequences of a unique provision of the Magnitsky law requiring the government to consider information provided by civil society. This provision led to the generation of a transnational advocacy network dedicated to …
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