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Lehrende: Hana Attia; Julia Grauvogel
Veranstaltungsart:
Lektürekurs
Anzeige im Stundenplan:
BM4: LK Sanctions
Semesterwochenstunden:
2
Credits:
6,0
Unterrichtssprache:
Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl:
10 | 24
Anmeldegruppe: AG_BM4 (neu, ab WiSe 13/14)
Weitere Informationen:
Verwendbar in folgenden Studiengängen bzw. Modulen:
- B.A. Politikwissenschaft (Hauptfach): Basismodul 4 - Regieren in inter- und transnationalen Institutionen
- B.A.-Nebenfach Osteuropastudien (FSB ab WiSe 2016/17): OESt 2 - Grundlagen der Osteuropastudien
- B.Sc. Volkswirtschaftslehre (FSB ab WiSe 2016/17), Ergänzungsfach Regieren in inter- und transnationalen Institutionen: Basismodul 4 - Regieren in inter- und transnationalen Institutionen
Dieser Kurs ist nicht für den Wahlbereich geöffnet.
Kommentare/ Inhalte:
Sanctions are one of the most popular foreign policy instruments for addressing violent conflicts, electoral misconduct, human rights abuses, and authoritarian rule. The most important sanctions senders – namely, the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN), the United States (US) and regional organizations such as the African Union impose a variety of measures to achieve different goals ranging from democratization to peace and (cyber) security. In addition to ‘traditional’ embargos that target the whole country, sanctions senders have increasingly implemented so-called smart sanctions, including asset freezes and travel restrictions that target individuals. Research has initially focused on the question of whether sanctions work. Prominent 'success' cases such as the measures against Apartheid South Africa and spectacular 'failures' like the embargo against Iraq with its disastrous humanitarian consequences have offered a mixed picture. Evidence based on global datasets is similarly inconclusive. More recent scholarship has moved beyond the issue of effectiveness to uncover the micro-foundation of why sanctions (fail to) achieve the stated goals. Studies have inter alia addressed sanctions effects on democracy, human rights, (armed) conflict, public health, and the economy of both sending and receiving states. This course seeks to offer students a nuanced understanding of one of the most widely used foreign policy tools in the 21st century by exploring their imposition, intended and unintended consequences, termination, as well as their relation to other foreign policy tools such as military interventions or diplomacy. In doing so, we will examine famous and less-known cases as well as cross-national trends based on key studies, policy works and our own empirical research.
Lernziel:
At the end of the course, students are able to:
- Discuss up-to-date empirical and theoretical questions of sanctions research
- Sketch trends in sanctions design and implementation that have emerged over the past decades
- Describe the most important sanctions senders and their specific procedures for imposing sanctions
- Compare and contrast crucial sanctions cases as well as the strengths and weaknesses of key cross-national datasets on international sanctions
- Identify important conditions for the success or failure of sanctions and analyze the (un-) intended consequences of sanctions for issues such as democracy, human rights, public health, and economic development
- Provide and receive constructive criticism
Vorgehen:
At the beginning of the course, we will provide an overview of different foreign policy tools including diplomacy, aid, sanctions, and the use of military force. We then zoom into key developments with regard to the imposition and design of sanctions since 1945. In doing so, we will discuss the exponential increase of sanctions after the end of the Cold War, emerging concerns about humanitarian consequences of comprehensive embargos, and resulting discussions about so-called targeted measures. We will familiarize students with the most prominent datasets on sanctions that decisively influence both research and policy makers' perceptions of sanctions. Students will acquire the respective knowledge through in-depths discussions of seminal readings. In the second part, we will examine different sanctions senders and their decision-making on sanctions. In the third part of the course, we will discuss how sanctions affect political and economic developments in the sending and targeted states. We will also examine sanctions termination, thereby offering students insights into an on-going research project at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies and its link to policy advice. Short student presentations on famous or neglected sanctions cases will complement the joint discussion of the mandatory readings in the second and third part of the seminar. Finally, we conclude by discussing whether and how sanctions are used as a substitute or complement to the other foreign policy tools introduced in the first session.
The course will be held online. The sessions will take place weekly via Zoom, but comprehensive documentation of the virtual classroom discussions via protocols will ensure that students can recapitulate sessions that they miss for pandemic-related reasons. All mandatory readings can be downloaded via STiNE. If students cannot access literature for their short case study presentations, we will also make this material available. We understand that COVID-19 poses a challenge for students and we will be accessible to discuss your concerns via email and during remote office hours.
Literatur:
- Biersteker, T. J., Eckert, S. E., and Tourinho, M. (eds) (2016). Thinking about the United Nations Targeted Sanctions. In Targeted Sanctions (pp. 11-37). Cambridge University Press.
- Early, B.J. & Cilizoglu, M. (2020), Economic Sanctions in Flux: Enduring Challenges, New Policies, and Defining the Future Research Agenda. International Studies Perspectives, 21 (4), 438–477.
- Grauvogel, J. and Attia, H. (2019). Wie enden internationale Sanktionen? Zur Bedeutung von Prozessen, Beziehungen und Signalen. Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, 26 (2), 5–33.
- Hellquist, E. and Palestini, S. 2020. Regional Sanctions and the Struggle for Democracy: Introduction to the Special Issue. International Political Science Review, OnlineFirst.
- Weber, P. M. and Schneider, G. 2020. Post-Cold War Sanctioning by the EU, the UN, and the US: Introducing the EUSANCT Dataset. Conflict Management and Peace Science, OnlineFirst.
Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen:
Prüfungsart: Zwei Textanalysen im Umfang von je 6 Seiten. Jede Textanalyse diskutiert einen Artikel/ein Buchkapitel aus der weiterführenden Literatur einer Sitzung; die detaillierten inhaltlichen und formalen Anforderungen und die Bewertungskriterien werden im Seminar besprochen.
Bewertungsschema: benotet (RPO)
Umfang: Zwei mal 6 Seiten
Abgabeort: Per E-mail bei den Dozentinnen
Abgabetermin: Spätestens bis zum 30. September 2021 für beide Textanalysen. Abgaben sind ab dem 1. Juni 2021 möglich.
Eine Wiederholung von mit "nicht ausreichend" bewerteten Textanalysen ist veranstaltungsbegleitend möglich.
Studienleistungen (unbenotet):
Kurze (Gruppen-)Präsentation eines Sanktionsfalls oder Protokoll einer Sitzung sowie die aktive Teilnahme am Seminar. Eine notwendige Voraussetzung für die aktive Teilnahme am Seminar ist die vorbereitende Lektüre der Pflichtliteratur anhand der Leitfrage(n), zu denen sich die Studierenden (in Stichpunkten) Notizen machen.
Ausgabe der bewerteten Prüfungsleistung (gegen Empfangsbestätigung nach Eingabe der Noten in STiNE): Per E-mail
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