Conclusion

Abstract

In Chapter One, the scope of the inquiry was defined as encompassing recent experience with collective recourse to economic coercion for political ends, particularly by bodies claiming some authority to impose sanctions as penalities for non-compliance with international standards. The effectiveness and the costs of such programmes, as well as their justification were stated as major subjects for investigation. In attempting to draw the threads together in this final chapter, the first point must be that the cases examined offer little evidence that economic sanctions provide reliable means of inducing states to adhere to internationally acceptable codes of conduct.