| ID | 101380 |
| Title Proper | Argument, institutional process, and human rights sanctions in democratic foreign policy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Walldorf, C William |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | When do humanitarian norms lead great powers, especially democracies, to impose sanctions against strategic partners and allies? I argue that answering more specific questions like this in space and time requires constructivists to focus greater attention on institutional and ideational process. Agents are central to policy change. But the ideational and institutional context in which agents build arguments determines when this change is more or less likely. In this vein, I argue that three factors in liberal states - legislatures, the nature of activist pressure, and strategic ideas - explain when humanitarian norms produce sanctions. I demonstrate the argument through a study of US Cold War relations with South Africa, Turkey, and Greece. Among other contributions, this article demonstrates how attention to process can extend the constructivist agenda into a series of new empirical domains and open avenues for contributions to important policy debates. |
| `In' analytical Note | European Journal of International Relations Vol. 16, No. 4; Dec 2010: p639-662 |
| Journal Source | European Journal of International Relations Vol. 16, No. 4; Dec 2010: p639-662 |
| Key Words | Agents ; Constructivism ; Greece ; Human Rights ; Process ; Sanctions ; South Africa ; Structures ; Turkey ; Human Right ; Foreign Policy |