Coercive Cooperation: Explaining Multilateral Economic Sanctions

by Lisa L. Martin

This innovative study shows that multilateral sanctions are coercive in their pressure on their target and in their origin: the sanctions themselves frequently result from coercive policies, with one state attempting to coerce others through persuasion, threats, and promises. To analyze this process, Lisa Martin uses a novel methodology combining game-theoretic models, statistical analysis, and case studies. She emphasizes that credible commitments gain international cooperation, and concludes that the involvement of international institutions and the willingness of the main "sender" to bear heavy costs are the central factors influencing the sanction's credibility.

324 pages, Hardcover

First published June 25, 1992

Reviews

[Todd · Rating 2 out of 5]

a book I read during college. Although the book is a difficult read and her conclusions are off, it was instrumental in my journey through understanding that Political "Science" is no such thing. Without the context of history prediction is a pipe dream. When one can only mathematically prove why we cooperate collectively in mulitlateralist relationships at a whopping 28% (Her R2 = 28), then what have we even proven? Still on my bookshelf as a staunch reminder of how progressive political theory and "experts" in the realm of International Relations are relative things.

[Ryan Mishap · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perhaps dated.