Coercive Cooperation: Explaining Multilateral Economic Sanctions. (book reviews)

Most studies of economic sanctions have focused on the question whether sanctions work as an instrument of coercion. Fewer studies have systematically explored one of the prerequisites for successful sanctions--the extensiveness of multilateral cooperation. This book attempts to fill that gap by integrating theories of cooperation with the study of economic statecraft. In so doing, it makes a number of contributions to our understanding of multilateral sanctions; and its conclusions provide some useful guidance to practitioners.

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