TY - JOUR
T1 - Sanction consequences and citizen support
T2 - A survey experiment
AU - Heinrich, Tobias
AU - Kobayashi, Yoshiharu
AU - Peterson, Timothy M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author (2017). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Studies Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - Recent research disputes the conventional wisdom that "sanctions do not work." It demonstrates that states may impose sanctions for purposes beyond seeking an immediate change in the behavior of targeted regimes. For example, democratic leaders often impose sanctions to satisfy their own domestic constituencies. However, we know little about how the consequences of sanctions shape whether or not citizens favor them. Building on insights from prior studies on the use and consequences of sanctions, we develop theoretical expectations regarding the aspects of sanctions that citizens might favor or disfavor. We use these to design and conduct a survey experiment to explore degrees of support for proposed sanctions. We find that on average, citizens support proposed sanctions that they expect will have a long-run impact on the behavior of the targeted state.
AB - Recent research disputes the conventional wisdom that "sanctions do not work." It demonstrates that states may impose sanctions for purposes beyond seeking an immediate change in the behavior of targeted regimes. For example, democratic leaders often impose sanctions to satisfy their own domestic constituencies. However, we know little about how the consequences of sanctions shape whether or not citizens favor them. Building on insights from prior studies on the use and consequences of sanctions, we develop theoretical expectations regarding the aspects of sanctions that citizens might favor or disfavor. We use these to design and conduct a survey experiment to explore degrees of support for proposed sanctions. We find that on average, citizens support proposed sanctions that they expect will have a long-run impact on the behavior of the targeted state.
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U2 - 10.1093/isq/sqw019
DO - 10.1093/isq/sqw019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85029279527
SN - 0020-8833
VL - 61
SP - 98
EP - 106
JO - International Studies Quarterly
JF - International Studies Quarterly
IS - 1
ER -