Rain Dancing: Sanctions in Canadian and Australian Foreign Policy - Hardcover

Nossal, Kim Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802004725 ISBN 13: 9780802004727

Publisher: Third Sector Pub, 1994

Synopsis

Nossal contends that because Canada and Australia lack the economic capabilities that give the sanctions of major powers their bite, the sanctions of these middle powers accomplish little but make the public feel that something is being done about a serious problem. In support of this view Nossal presents six case studies of Canadian and Australian sanctions episodes from the 1970s to the early 1990s, against China, Indonesia, Iraq, the former Soviet Union, South Africa, and Vietnam. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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In this book, Kim Richard Nossal questions the usefulness, for middle powers such as Canada and Australia, of the theory that underpins international sanctions. He contends that because Canada and Australia lack the economic capabilities that give the sanctions of major powers their bite, the sanctions of these middle powers amount to no more than a rain dance: they accomplish little but make the public feel that something is being done about a serious problem.

Edition details

• Publisher: Third Sector Pub
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802004725
• ISBN 13: 9780802004727
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 323