Joy Gordon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3606313 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joy Gordon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joy |
| FAMILY NAME | Gordon |
| SIGNATURE | GORDON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fairfield University |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-6829-4315 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The legacy of the UN Security Council sanctions on Iraq
In thinking about the legacy of the sanctions on Iraq, some things are quite clear: the long-term impact of malnutrition; the loss of life and the suffering from lack of adequate medical care; the disappearance of the middle class; the deep corruption and growth of criminal networks and so forth. But there is a different kind of legacy as well. The sanctions imposed by the United Nations (UN) Security Council for over a decade were as damaging as…
Violence, economic development, and knowledge production
The notion of economic violence has long been recognized in the work of Johan Galtung and others. The work of Thomas Pogge and the field of global justice have addressed the impact of economic disparities between the Global North and the Global South, and their impact on human well-being, and social and economic development more broadly. Patents, publication in scholarly journals, academic collaborations, access to academic journals, and so forth…
The Hidden Power of the New Economic Sanctions
Recent years have seen increasing sophistication in the sanctions that do the greatest damage to critical networks or functions of a target country's economy and infrastructure
The Not So Targeted Instrument of Asset Freezes
Asset freezes are sometimes viewed as the quintessential form of targeted sanctions—relatively effective in achieving their goals, while affecting only the individuals and companies that are “bad actors.” However, as part of the roundtable “Economic Sanctions and Their Consequences,” this essay argues that there are significant ethical problems raised by asset freezes and other forms of targeted financial sanctions. Sanctioners (specifically, the…
Due Process and the Iraq Sanctions: A Response to Devika Hovell
Devika Hovell raises deeply significant questions about the role of due process in the legitimacy of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Hovell gives us a fine-grained analysis of what exactly makes due process so compelling; in her approach, the reasons why it is compelling will vary in different contexts, depending upon the particular value and function it serves. In particular, she discusses three ways of articulating the values underl…
Political hermeneutics: Three moments of interpretation of UN Security Council resolutions
United Nations Security Council resolutions raise distinctive problems of interpretation, particularly in the context of Chapter VII measures. In disputes of interpretation, the stakes are very high, since Chapter VII measures may explicitly or implicitly authorize military action; may override the target nation’s sovereignty; and may put lives at risk. However, there is no direct, binding judicial review of Security Council measures where questi…
The Invisibility of Human Harm: How Smart Sanctions Consumed All the Oxygen in the Room
In response to the Iraq sanctions, there was a clear movement to provide humanitarian assessment and monitoring before and during sanctions, in order to avoid another humanitarian catastrophe. At the same time, a great deal of effort, on the part of many different actors, went into the development and advocacy of targeted sanctions. With the robust development of targeted sanctions, there was a widely held view that there was no longer any need f…
Smart Sanctions Revisited
Targeted sanctions—often referred to as “smart sanctions”—began in large measure as a response to the UN Security Council sanctions imposed on Iraq in 1990 and 1991, after its invasion of Kuwait. By 1991 it was clear that the sanctions on Iraq, initially welcomed by antiwar activists as a peaceful alternative to military action, were different from any sanctions seen before. Combined with the destruction from the bombing campaign of the Gulf War,…
Invisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions
Economic sanctions and global governance: The case of Iraq
This article looks at the history of economic sanctions as a tool of global governance. For much of the twentieth century, sanctions were seen as a non-violent alternative to military intervention. As a form of international governance, sanctions have always been characterised by conflicting claims: that sanctions are effective enough to punish or block wrongful acts by states; but they are at the same time measures that will not cause damage to …
When Unilateralism Is Invisible: A Different Perspective on the Oil-for-Food Scandal
The United States has long had an ambivalent relation to multilateralism. This has been particularly evident in the claims made by the United States against the United Nations regarding the oil-for-food program. These accusations maintained that the UN has been corrupt and incompetent, and that the lack of accountability allowed Saddam Hussein to engage in extensive smuggling and kickbacks. Some of these claims turned out to be well grounded, but…
Accountability and Global Governance: The Case of Iraq
This article explores issues concerning accountability and global governance by looking at three cases involving Iraq: the economic sanctions imposed by the Security Council; the operation of the Oil for Food Program; and the US-led occupation authority and its management of Iraqi funds. In all three cases the problems that emerge are rooted only in part in criminal acts or failures to meet legal responsibilities. The failures of accountability t…
A Peaceful, Silent, Deadly Remedy: The Ethics of Economic Sanctions
Economic sanctions are emerging as one of the major tools of international governance in the post-Cold War era. Sanctions have long been seen as a form of political intervention that does not cause serious human damage, and therefore does not raise pressing ethical questions. However, the nature of sanctions is that they effectively target the most vulnerable and least political sectors of society, and for this reason they must be subject to ethi…
Reply to George A. Lopez's “More Ethical than Not”
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Liberation theology as critical theory: The notion of the 'privileged perspective
One of the central issues in political philosophy is the problem of perspective: if there is a dispute as to how justice is to be defined, or a dispute as to whether a particular situation is unjust, how do we determine who is right? I reject the claim that an idealized speech situation or a transcendental perspective can legitimately be invoked to resolve such disputes. In their place, I discuss critical theory's commitment to the position that …
O Loma: The earth, the Holocaust, and the phenomenology of the foreign
A Peaceful, Silent, Deadly Remedy: The Ethics of Economic Sanctions
Economic sanctions are emerging as one of the major tools of international governance in the post-Cold War era. Sanctions have long been seen as a form of political intervention that does not cause serious human damage, and therefore does not raise pressing ethical questions. However, the nature of sanctions is that they effectively target the most vulnerable and least political sectors of society, and for this reason they must be subject to ethi…
Smart Sanctions Revisited
Targeted sanctions—often referred to as “smart sanctions”—began in large measure as a response to the UN Security Council sanctions imposed on Iraq in 1990 and 1991, after its invasion of Kuwait. By 1991 it was clear that the sanctions on Iraq, initially welcomed by antiwar activists as a peaceful alternative to military action, were different from any sanctions seen before. Combined with the destruction from the bombing campaign of the Gulf War,…
The Not So Targeted Instrument of Asset Freezes
Asset freezes are sometimes viewed as the quintessential form of targeted sanctions—relatively effective in achieving their goals, while affecting only the individuals and companies that are “bad actors.” However, as part of the roundtable “Economic Sanctions and Their Consequences,” this essay argues that there are significant ethical problems raised by asset freezes and other forms of targeted financial sanctions. Sanctioners (specifically, the…
Accountability and Global Governance: The Case of Iraq
This article explores issues concerning accountability and global governance by looking at three cases involving Iraq: the economic sanctions imposed by the Security Council; the operation of the Oil for Food Program; and the US-led occupation authority and its management of Iraqi funds. In all three cases the problems that emerge are rooted only in part in criminal acts or failures to meet legal responsibilities. The failures of accountability t…
Economic sanctions and global governance: The case of Iraq
This article looks at the history of economic sanctions as a tool of global governance. For much of the twentieth century, sanctions were seen as a non-violent alternative to military intervention. As a form of international governance, sanctions have always been characterised by conflicting claims: that sanctions are effective enough to punish or block wrongful acts by states; but they are at the same time measures that will not cause damage to …
Liberation theology as critical theory: The notion of the 'privileged perspective
One of the central issues in political philosophy is the problem of perspective: if there is a dispute as to how justice is to be defined, or a dispute as to whether a particular situation is unjust, how do we determine who is right? I reject the claim that an idealized speech situation or a transcendental perspective can legitimately be invoked to resolve such disputes. In their place, I discuss critical theory's commitment to the position that …
Liberation theology as critical theory: The notion of the 'privileged perspective
One of the central issues in political philosophy is the problem of perspective: if there is a dispute as to how justice is to be defined, or a dispute as to whether a particular situation is unjust, how do we determine who is right? I reject the claim that an idealized speech situation or a transcendental perspective can legitimately be invoked to resolve such disputes. In their place, I discuss critical theory's commitment to the position that …
O Loma: The earth, the Holocaust, and the phenomenology of the foreign
A Peaceful, Silent, Deadly Remedy: The Ethics of Economic Sanctions
Economic sanctions are emerging as one of the major tools of international governance in the post-Cold War era. Sanctions have long been seen as a form of political intervention that does not cause serious human damage, and therefore does not raise pressing ethical questions. However, the nature of sanctions is that they effectively target the most vulnerable and least political sectors of society, and for this reason they must be subject to ethi…
Reply to George A. Lopez's “More Ethical than Not”
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Accountability and Global Governance: The Case of Iraq
This article explores issues concerning accountability and global governance by looking at three cases involving Iraq: the economic sanctions imposed by the Security Council; the operation of the Oil for Food Program; and the US-led occupation authority and its management of Iraqi funds. In all three cases the problems that emerge are rooted only in part in criminal acts or failures to meet legal responsibilities. The failures of accountability t…
When Unilateralism Is Invisible: A Different Perspective on the Oil-for-Food Scandal
The United States has long had an ambivalent relation to multilateralism. This has been particularly evident in the claims made by the United States against the United Nations regarding the oil-for-food program. These accusations maintained that the UN has been corrupt and incompetent, and that the lack of accountability allowed Saddam Hussein to engage in extensive smuggling and kickbacks. Some of these claims turned out to be well grounded, but…
Economic sanctions and global governance: The case of Iraq
This article looks at the history of economic sanctions as a tool of global governance. For much of the twentieth century, sanctions were seen as a non-violent alternative to military intervention. As a form of international governance, sanctions have always been characterised by conflicting claims: that sanctions are effective enough to punish or block wrongful acts by states; but they are at the same time measures that will not cause damage to …
Invisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions
Smart Sanctions Revisited
Targeted sanctions—often referred to as “smart sanctions”—began in large measure as a response to the UN Security Council sanctions imposed on Iraq in 1990 and 1991, after its invasion of Kuwait. By 1991 it was clear that the sanctions on Iraq, initially welcomed by antiwar activists as a peaceful alternative to military action, were different from any sanctions seen before. Combined with the destruction from the bombing campaign of the Gulf War,…
Political hermeneutics: Three moments of interpretation of UN Security Council resolutions
United Nations Security Council resolutions raise distinctive problems of interpretation, particularly in the context of Chapter VII measures. In disputes of interpretation, the stakes are very high, since Chapter VII measures may explicitly or implicitly authorize military action; may override the target nation’s sovereignty; and may put lives at risk. However, there is no direct, binding judicial review of Security Council measures where questi…
The Invisibility of Human Harm: How Smart Sanctions Consumed All the Oxygen in the Room
In response to the Iraq sanctions, there was a clear movement to provide humanitarian assessment and monitoring before and during sanctions, in order to avoid another humanitarian catastrophe. At the same time, a great deal of effort, on the part of many different actors, went into the development and advocacy of targeted sanctions. With the robust development of targeted sanctions, there was a widely held view that there was no longer any need f…
Due Process and the Iraq Sanctions: A Response to Devika Hovell
Devika Hovell raises deeply significant questions about the role of due process in the legitimacy of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Hovell gives us a fine-grained analysis of what exactly makes due process so compelling; in her approach, the reasons why it is compelling will vary in different contexts, depending upon the particular value and function it serves. In particular, she discusses three ways of articulating the values underl…
The Hidden Power of the New Economic Sanctions
Recent years have seen increasing sophistication in the sanctions that do the greatest damage to critical networks or functions of a target country's economy and infrastructure
The Not So Targeted Instrument of Asset Freezes
Asset freezes are sometimes viewed as the quintessential form of targeted sanctions—relatively effective in achieving their goals, while affecting only the individuals and companies that are “bad actors.” However, as part of the roundtable “Economic Sanctions and Their Consequences,” this essay argues that there are significant ethical problems raised by asset freezes and other forms of targeted financial sanctions. Sanctioners (specifically, the…
The legacy of the UN Security Council sanctions on Iraq
In thinking about the legacy of the sanctions on Iraq, some things are quite clear: the long-term impact of malnutrition; the loss of life and the suffering from lack of adequate medical care; the disappearance of the middle class; the deep corruption and growth of criminal networks and so forth. But there is a different kind of legacy as well. The sanctions imposed by the United Nations (UN) Security Council for over a decade were as damaging as…
Violence, economic development, and knowledge production
The notion of economic violence has long been recognized in the work of Johan Galtung and others. The work of Thomas Pogge and the field of global justice have addressed the impact of economic disparities between the Global North and the Global South, and their impact on human well-being, and social and economic development more broadly. Patents, publication in scholarly journals, academic collaborations, access to academic journals, and so forth…
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