S. Chan - Böcker

This book approaches economic sanctions as a form of statecraft in order to better study the oft used but not well understood policy. Their authors come from both academic and policy making fields, as well as different disciplinary backgrounds (political science and economics).

The new millennium can only be a time of true globalization if different histories and systems of understanding the world are appreciated. The authors unveil significant studies to do with epistemological debates in international relations, and give detailed Middle and Far Eastern examples of how different cultures have used story telling as a means of understanding what is outside and around. Especially provocative is the Chinese idea of the West as an "Other", as atypical and, indeed, inscrutable, to the extent of not needing scrutiny at all.

Approaches economic sanctions as a form of statecraft in order to study the oft used but not well understood policy from a different perspective. The chapters examine a variety of cases involving the use of economic threats and promises. Their authors come from both academic and policy making fields, as well as different disciplinary backgrounds (political science and economics). They apply different research approaches (case studies, statistical analysis, formal economics) to increase our understanding of the sanction puzzle.

The new millennium can only be a time of true globalization if different histories and systems of understanding the world are appreciated.