Are US Foreign Policy Tools Effective in Improving Human Rights Conditions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12907149 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Seung-Whan Choi (0000-0002-4984-1973, corresponding author), Patrick James (0009-0003-5901-7907) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 331-356 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Chinese Journal of International Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-8916 • E-ISSN: 1750-8924 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cjip/pox010 |
| OpenAlex | W2796856241 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
This is the first empirical study to evaluate, in combination, the relative impact of the US’s four major foreign policy tools (i.e., military intervention, military assistance, economic sanctions, and economic assistance) on human rights conditions abroad. This study presents a Hegemonic Intervention Hypothesis, which cautions against US action to promote human rights, and a Coercion Hypothesis, which assesses punitive actions as likely to be more harmful than acts of assistance. Relying on a dataset of 144 countries for the years 1975–2005, this study finds that, contrary to Washington’s stated desire to promote human rights, all forms of US foreign policy intervention are either neutral in effect or linked to increases in the level of state repression
Action (physics · Coercion (linguistics · Economic sanctions · Foreign policy · Hegemony · Human rights · Intervention (counseling · Political science · Politics · Punitive damages · Sanctions · State (computer science · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · International Development and Aid · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Law
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| Citations per year | 0.78 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |