Zarpli, Omer
(2024)
Between a Rock and Hard Place: Three Essays on The Role of Domestic Politics during Economic Sanctions.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
How do economic sanctions affect the behavior of the sanctioned states? How does domestic politics moderate this relationship? Over the last few decades, a large body of literature has emerged that examines the effectiveness of sanctions. However, significant gaps in knowledge exist regarding the role of domestic public and politics in the target state. Particularly, I argue that we need to better incorporate the counter-veiling incentives the sanctioned states face. On the one hand, they have incentives to give in to avoid economic costs. But they also have incentives to stand firm to avoid the audience cost. Two factors likely play an important role in either aggravating or alleviating this dilemma the targets
face. In three essays, I examine the effect of target regime type and sender behavior. The first essay examines the role of regime type in whether targets meet the sender demands using a longitudinal analysis. I build a counter-intuitive theory regarding the non-linear effect of democracy challenging some of the existing approaches and find robust empirical support. The second essay explores the effect of sanctions on targets’ foreign policy behavior. Specifically, whether and how they affect the likelihood of a target’s taking militarized action. I find that sanctions increase the risk of a militarized inter-state dispute, even though
this risk is lower for some regimes than others. The third essay examines the effect of sanctions on public opinion in the target state through an original survey experiment fielded in Turkey. The effect on public opinion is a question which has long been seen as critical to understanding sanction effectiveness but one which has attracted scant empirical investigation. Taken together, this dissertation seeks to advance our understanding of the effect of economic sanctions on the target by employing a mixed-method approach and building on insights from multiple disciplines. The findings from this study also have broader implications
for the studies that focus on the role of domestic politics in coercive diplomacy and inter- and intra-state conflict.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
22 May 2024 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Defense Date: |
7 December 2021 |
| Approval Date: |
22 May 2024 |
| Submission Date: |
10 December 2021 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Number of Pages: |
140 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Political Science |
| Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Economic sanctions, domestic politics, public opinion, audience cost, crisis bargaining, coercive diplomacy |
| Date Deposited: |
22 May 2024 14:41 |
| Last Modified: |
22 May 2024 14:41 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/42076 |
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