Hard target : sanctions, inducements, and the case of North Korea / Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haggard, Stephan, author.

Noland, Marcus, 1959- author.

Series:

Studies in Asian security

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic sanctions--Korea (North).

Economic sanctions.

Nuclear disarmament.

International relations.

International economic relations.

Korea (North)--Foreign economic relations.

Korea (North).

Korea (North)--Foreign relations.

Nuclear disarmament--Korea (North).

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 321 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]

Summary:

Because authoritarian regimes like North Korea can impose the costs of sanctions on their citizens, these regimes constitute "hard targets." Yet authoritarian regimes may also be immune-and even hostile-to economic inducements if such inducements imply reform and opening. This book captures the effects of sanctions and inducements on North Korea and provides a detailed reconstruction of the role of economic incentives in the bargaining around the country's nuclear program. Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland draw on an array of evidence to show the reluctance of the North Korean leadership to weaken its grip on foreign economic activity. They argue that inducements have limited effect on the regime, and instead urge policymakers to think in terms of gradual strategies. Hard Target connects economic statecraft to the marketization process to understand North Korea and addresses a larger debate over the merits and demerits of "engagement" with adversaries.

Contents:

Introduction : the political economy of engagement

The political economy of North Korea : the paradigmatic hard target

North Korea's external economic relations

The dilemmas of humanitarian assistance : the political economy of food

The microeconomics of engagement

Negotiating on nuclear weapons I : the rise and fall of the six party talks, 2002-2008

Negotiating on nuclear weapons II : permanent crisis, 2009-2015

Conclusion : whither North Korea? whither economic statecraft?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Haggard, Stephan. Hard target.

ISBN:

9781503600362

150360036X

OCLC:

953525442