Editor’s Introduction
Journal: Social research
Year: 2015

Editor’s Introduction Arien Mack this issue explores the use of economic power as a political weapon to effect political or policy changes, primarily but not only when the actors are states. There is no question about the timeliness or importance of the subject. As some of the authors in the issue point out, more than ever, sanctions are being used as a major weapon in the arsenal available to nations and international bodies to force political change. They are generally deemed a better means of